Markland in Eirik the Red’s Saga

[Karlsefni’s expedition]

Chapter 8

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[...] After that [leaving Helluland] they sailed with a northerly wind for two days, and again sighted land, with large forests and many animals. An island lay to the south-east, off the coast, where they discovered a bear, and they called it Bjarney (Bear Island), and the forested land itself Markland. [...]

Chapter 12

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[...] They had southerly winds [from Straumfjord – Hauk’s Book says “from Vinland”] and reached Markland, where they met five natives. One was bearded, two were women and two of them children.[...]

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[...] They then came to Greenland and spent the winter with Eirik the Red. [...]