Dah it was bjarni who discoverd america
this is how
I don't really know but I know he's very old.
No one really knows, but it could have been Bjarni Herjólfsson in 985 CE on Newfoundland
People say that Christopher Columbus first discovered America. But actually, a Viking called Leif Erickson really did discover America first.
I'm not sure if I know of all of the European explorers to discover America are, but I'll try my best. Leif Ericson, European vikings, John Cabot, and Christopher Colombus are all the first European explorers that I know of who discovered AAmerica.
he went to find a city of gold after he had heard of it in the south of America but all he really did discover was tobacco.
the vikings did not originate in Canada. they are said to have originated in the Sweden- Iceland area. They did immigrate to Canada, though. Bjarni Herjolfsson was said to be the first Icelandic viking to land in Canada, but he isn't the official one. He was on his way to Greenland but lost his way, landing in Labrador or Baffin Island in Canada.A small settlement was discovered in Canada, and it it theorized that it was inhabited by a people of Viking-Eskimo extraction before being abandoned in the Middle Ages.Leif Ericson was born in Iceland, but moved to Greenland in 986. That same year Bjarni Herjolfson, who was following Ericson to Greenland, missed the island and sailed in a south-westerly direction and sighted both the Labrador coast and Newfoundland.And so hearing of Bjarni Herjolfson's adventures, Leif Ericson led the first voyage the North America around 1000 A.D.
It is said that Vikings discovered the North Americas but they never really claimed it as anything.
The New World. It was given that name by Christopher Columbus, even though he did not really discover North America. It wa really discovered by Amerigo Vespucci, who called it America. So, what people called it back then was just America.
Because the land was harsh and uninhibited by anyone other than the savage Indians.
Ally wants to discover if she really is moving to the city. she also wants to discover how the city is.
As the 2nd grade ditty goes, "In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue (e.g. the Atlantic Ocean)..." He discovered North America, but not really since the Vikings and Native Americans got here first.