The Viking woman who sailed to America and walked to Rome
Gudrid the Far-Traveled, a name few of us recognise yet she could arguably be the greatest female explorer of all time. Her life held so many accomplishments and heroic feats that some would say she lived nine lives in one.
If you are interested in history or even if you are not... this is an article you will walk away being impressed by the timeline of this woman's life.
She’s been called “the greatest female explorer of all time,” and the “best-traveled woman of the Middle Ages.” Just after the year 1000 AD, she gave birth to the first European baby in North America. And she concluded her global odyssey with a pilgrimage on foot to Rome. Yet few today can name this extraordinary Viking lady, even if they have heard of Erik the Red and Leif Erikson, her father- and brother-in-law.
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