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But the original settlements date back to the year 985, when Erik the Red convinced a band of Icelanders to join him in a new land. In a stroke of marketing genius, he called it "Greenland" - he probably knew that Icebergland wouldn't sell! These stones are at one of a few sites that are believed to actually be Erik's homestead, Brattahlid.