Gunnbjörn Ulfsson (fl. c. 10th century), also Gunnbjörn Ulf-Krakuson, was a Norwegian settler of Iceland. He was reportedly the first European to sight...
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Gunnbjörn's skerries (Gunnbjarnarsker) were a group of small islands lying close between Iceland and Greenland, discovered by Gunnbjörn Ulfsson in the...
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Gunnbjørn Fjeld is the tallest mountain in Greenland, Denmark, and north of the Arctic Circle. It is a nunatak, a rocky peak protruding through glacial...
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attempted to settle it before him. Tradition credits Gunnbjörn Ulfsson (also known as Gunnbjörn Ulf-Krakuson) with the first sighting of the land-mass...
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Ulfsson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Gunnbjörn Ulfsson (Norwegian, lived circa 10th century), the first European to sight North...
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south as Sofala (Mozambique). Greenland is discovered by the Norseman Gunnbjörn Ulfsson, sailing from Norway to Iceland: he is blown off course by a storm...
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about 330 BC Pytheas of Marseilles Greenland, Iceland, and Faroes 900 Gunnbjörn Ulfsson Americas (North America) 999 Leif Ericson Brazil (South America) -...
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new settlement areas in the 970s. Around the year 900, the seafarer Gunnbjörn Ulfsson was on a voyage from Norway to Iceland and his ship was drifted towards...
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became aware of Greenland's existence in the late 9th century, after Gunnbjörn Ulfsson, while sailing from Norway to Iceland, was blown off course by a storm...
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voyage followed the accidental discovery of lands west of Iceland by Gunnbjörn Ulfsson, probably in the early 10th century. According to records from the...
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