Thorvald, Son of Erik the Red, is Killed

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Illustration

Emma Groeneveld
by Internet Archive Book Images
published on 07 September 2018
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Artist's rendition of the story from the Vinland Sagas in which the Viking Thorvald, brother of Leif Erikson and son of Erik the Red, encounters natives in North America while on expedition there, and dies after being pierced by one of their arrows.

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Images, I. A. B. (2018, September 07). Thorvald, Son of Erik the Red, is Killed. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9191/thorvald-son-of-erik-the-red-is-killed/

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