when a man called Eric the Red decided to set sail(3) ____________(far) west, there were (4) _____ many as 10,000 Vikings living in Iceland.

　　　According (5) ____ the old stories of Iceland and Norway, Eric the Red was forced (6) _____ leave Iceland (7)_______ he had committed a murder, for which he got into trouble. He reached Greenland and discovered it a nice place. He returned and persuaded some people (8) ____ go back with him to Greenland.

　　　Not long (9)________ Eric had landed in Greenland, a man called Biarni set sail from Iceland (10) ______ search (11) _____ Eric's party but he was blown off course and found (12) __________ in an unknown land, from where he (13) _____________________(event) reached Greenland.

In 1002, Leif followed Biarni's directions and sailed to what is believed to be the coast of present-day Canada. He then sailed further south to an island which is now known (14) _____ Newfoundland. We know about their deeds (15) ___________ records we have of Europeans sailing to the Americas.