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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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Original image by Internet Archive Book Images. Uploaded by Emma Groeneveld, published on 07 September 2018. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Public Domain. This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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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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Images, Internet Archive Book. "Thorvald, Son of Erik the Red, is Killed." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 07, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9191/thorvald-son-of-erik-the-red-is-killed/.
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Images, Internet Archive Book. "Thorvald, Son of Erik the Red, is Killed." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 07 Sep 2018. Web. 21 Dec 2024.
