vinland sagas

Voyage Leaders The Vineland Sagas is a book that gives an in depth description into specific voyages from both Iceland and Greenland to North America. Even though most of the leaders on each voyage had the same goals, they were all distinctively different. The leader of the first voyage described in the book was Bjarni, who was the son of Herjolf and Thorgerd. Bjarni’s goal was the set sail to Greenland. The next leader was Leif, whom later would become known as “Leif the Lucky”, he was the son of Eirik the Red of Brattahlid. Thorvald, who was the brother of Leif and also the son of Eirik the Red of Brattahlid, was the next to set sail. The next leader would be Thornstein Erikisson, who was both Leif and Thorvald’s brother and son to Eirik the Red. The next voyage to Vinland was headed by a man named Thorfinn Karlsefni. The final voyage in the Saga of the Greenlanders was led by brothers, Helgi and Finnbogi who were Icelanders from East Fjords, and Freydis Eiriksdottir, whom was Leif’s sister. Although all of these men and women had the similar goals of finding land and sailing the world, they all went about their journeys in very different ways, some good and some bad. As mentioned the leader of the first voyage in The Vinland Sagas, was a man by the name of Bjarni. Bjarni had never seen Greenland so it was his desire that he and his crew set sail there. Bjarni was an optimist because even though he had never seen or sailed to Greenland he firmly believed that he and his crew were capable. He once said “Our journey will be thought an ill-considered one, since none of us has sailed the Greenland Sea” (The Vinland Sagas, 4). This shows that although everyone will think their journey is one they should not make, Bjarni does not care because he believes that he and his crew are fully capable of making it. Bjarni appears to be very intelligent and wise, which are both qualities needed of a leader in this era. Numerous times throughout the journey his crew will