Norse voyager associated by the Vinland sagas with a westward voyage from Greenland. Archaeology does not identify which named voyager used L’Anse aux Meadows.
Around the year 1000, Norse seafarers travelled from Greenland to lands west of the Labrador Sea. The Icelandic sagas associate several voyages with Leif Erikson, Thorfinn Karlsefni, and Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, while archaeology securely demonstrates a Norse presence at L’Anse aux Meadows.
Sources and further reading
The Saga of Vinland, Parks Canada. Official contextual account comparing the Vinland sagas with archaeology and identifying the uncertainty around named voyages and places.
L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Parks Canada. Official archaeological and historical interpretation of the Norse site, its buildings, activities, seafaring context, and Indigenous landscape.