Part one of term paper
Neil Armstrong and Leif Ericson. What do these two men have in common? They were both the first persons to set foot on a brand new, uncharted land. Neil took his “one small step” on to the moon, while Leif navigated his way over to what is now known as Canada. He was the first European to set foot onto the North American continent. ...

Part two of term paper
... around the age of nineteen. Around 999AD, Leif took a trip over to Norway, where he spent a few months in the court of Norway's king, Olav I Tryggvason. There he was educated and learned many new concepts, including Christianity. When he returned home, he converted his mother to convert to Christianity. She built the first Christian church in Greenland and its foundations can still be seen in Kagsiarsuk. There are a few different versions of how Leif came around to discovering America ...