Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir
c. 980–c. 1019
Norse woman who traveled to North America, Rome and back, as told in the Icelandic sagas.
- Known as
- Explorer
- Category
- Explorers
- Born
- c. 980, Snæfellsnes
- Died
- c. 1019, Glaumbær Folk Museum
Alive at the same time as Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir
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