Leif Ericson

Leif Ericson was a Human explorer who is credited for being the first individual from Europe to travel to North America.

Benjamin Sisko considered Ericson to be an explorer on par with Horatio Nelson, Francis Drake, James Cook and James T. Kirk of Earth, Nadee of and Seledon of. 

As a child, Elias Vaughn read about Leif Ericson, as well as other explorers like Ferdinand Magellan, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Neil Armstrong and Jonathan Archer. 
 *  Twilight uses the alternate "Eriksson" spelling of the surname.