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Could the Chinese explorers make it to America before Columbus?
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No Columbus discovered America first.
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When did the nordic explorers reach America?
They reached North America 500 years before Columbus reached the Bahamas.
Who came 500 years before Christopher Columbus?
There is some evidence that the Vikings sailed to North America before Columbus and it is possible that the Chinese did too.
Who were the first europeans to reach America?
vikingsRelics found recently indicate that the Nordic explorers reached the Americas long before Columbus
Who was the first Chinese immigrant to US?
that question is very hard to answer but according to Chinese legend, Chinese boat sailors traveled to America the globe 1,000 years before Columbus had discovered America.
How was the town Lunenburg NS Canada founded before Columbus founded America?
The Vikings arrived in North America before anyone else (excluding some Chinese reports of them arriving first)
Who discovered the Native Americans and where did they come from?
The inhabitants f an area are not "discovered" they have a first contact with explorers. In the case of the Americas, initial contact with native populations was with Vikings in about 1000 CE, Basque fisheren in the 12 to 13 hundreds or Columbus at the end of the 14 hundreds. Some anecdotal evidence exists that Phoenicians may have reached North America before the Vikings and thet Chinese explorers may have visited the west coat before Columbus visited the east coast..
Did Leif Ericson discover America before or after christopher Columbus?
Before Columbus.
Who reached the new world before Columbus?
The Native Americans. They were there WAY before Columbus! There generations were passed from they Inuit's, to they Eskimo's, to the plains Indians to the American Indians or something like that! So Columbus was TECHNACALY NOT the first one in America! We need to STOP giving Columbus SO much credit! either way, hope they answer helps!
Was popcorn created before or after Columbus discovered America?
thousands of years before Columbus discovered America (go to answers.com)
Who came to America before Columbus?
A viking called Leif Erickson first found America, years before Columbus was even born.
Who sailed the Atlantic ocean besides Christopher Columbus and cristobal colon?
Well, Columbus had three ships with a crew of a couple of hundred men; does that count? After him, other explorers like Henry Hudson and a host of Spanish explorers. Even before Columbus, there was Leif Erickson and his Vikings, and the Vikings who sailed to Vinland in Labrador, or the Irish monks who were rumored to have sailed from Ireland to North America.
How many years before Columbus did the vikings arrive in North America?
500 years before Columbus
