Editing Leif Erikson (section)

=== Account in the ''Saga of the Greenlanders'' ===
According to this saga, Leif was not the first European to discover Vinland. Instead [[Bjarni Herjólfsson]] and his crew—on a voyage from Iceland to Greenland—were overtaken by wind and fog, missed the southern tip of Greenland, and encountered an unknown coast. Believing it to be somewhere other than Greenland, they did not disembark but rather continued to sail and found two additional coasts that did not correspond with their understanding of Greenland.<ref>Ingstad, 1985, pp. 101–106.</ref> After sailing back east, they eventually made it to their original destination, and then told of their discoveries.<ref name="Campbell_Greenlanders-Saga">Campbell, 2021, pp. 35–37.</ref>

Roughly 15 years later, Leif approached Bjarni, purchased his ship, gathered a crew of thirty-five men, and mounted an expedition towards the land Bjarni had described.<ref name="short34">Short, 2010, pp. 203–204.</ref><ref name="Wallace, 2006, p. 19">Wallace, 2006, p. 19</ref> His father Erik was set to join him but dropped out after he fell from his horse on his way to the ship, an incident he interpreted as a bad omen.<ref>Somerville & McDonald, 2010, p. 352.</ref> Leif followed Bjarni's route in reverse and landed first in a rocky and desolate place he named [[Helluland]] (Flat-Rock Land; possibly [[Baffin Island]] or northern parts of Labrador).<ref name=Wernick>{{cite book |last1=Wernick |first1=Robert |title=The Vikings |url=https://archive.org/details/vikings00robe |url-access=registration |date=1979 |publisher=Time-Life Books |location=Alexandria, VA |isbn=0-8094-2709-5 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/vikings00robe/page/149 149]–151}}</ref> After venturing further by sea, he landed the second time in a forested place he named [[Markland]] (Forest Land; possibly near [[Cape Porcupine, Labrador]]).<ref name="Wernick" /> After two more days at sea, he landed on an island to the north (possibly [[Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Belle Isle]]), and then returned to the mainland, going past a cape on the north side (perhaps [[Cape Bauld]]).<ref name="Wernick" /> They sailed to the west of this and landed in a verdant area with a mild climate and plentiful supplies of salmon. As winter approached, he decided to encamp there and sent out parties to explore the country.<ref name="Wernick" /> During one of these explorations, Tyrker discovered that the land was full of vines and grapes. Leif therefore named the land Vinland ('Wineland').<ref name="Wernick" /><ref>Kudeba, N. (19 April 2014). ''Chapter 5 – Norse Explorers from Erik the Red to Leif Erikson – Canadian Explorers.'' Retrieved from The History of Canada: {{cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofcanadapodcast.com/norse-explorers/ |title=Chapter 5 – Norse Explorers from Erik the Red to Leif Erikson – Canadian Explorers &#124; the History of Canada |access-date=22 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030929/http://www.thehistoryofcanadapodcast.com/norse-explorers/ |archive-date= 8 May 2014 }}</ref> There, he and his crew built a small settlement, which was called [[Leifsbudir]] (Leif's Booths) by later visitors from Greenland.

After having wintered over in Vinland, Leif returned to Greenland in the spring with a cargo of grapes and timber.<ref name="short34"/><ref>Somerville & McDonald, 2010, pp. 352–354.</ref> On the return voyage, he rescued an Icelandic castaway and his crew, earning him the nickname "Leif the Lucky".<ref>Somerville & McDonald, 2010, p. 354.</ref> Leif never returned to Vinland, but others from Greenland and Iceland did.