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Snorri Thorfinnsson, the first person of European descent born in the New World.

It has always been my understanding that Iceland if it had to categorized was part of Europe not North America.

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Geographically speaking of course.

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how Snorri's parents led the first Scandinavian group that attempted to settle in Vinland on the Canadian coast around A.D. 1000.

The attempt failed, and the family moved to Iceland, but Snorri was born while they were there.

It's a poorly written sentence but it says that Snorry was born in Vinland [Canada]