Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Eiríks saga rauða or the Saga of Erik the Red is a saga on the Norse exploration of North-America. The saga chronicles the events that led to Erik the Red''s banishment to Greenland as well as Leif Ericson''s discovery of Vinland the Good after his longship was blown off course. By geographical details, this place is thought to be present-day Newfoundland, and is likely the first European discovery of the American mainland, some five centuries before Christopher Columbus''s journey.