Historians believe that people from Asia, China, and Polynesia may have also landed in North America.
Native Americans have been in North America for thousands of years. Some historians believe that the Vikings and the Chinese arrived in North America well before the first Europeans. Columbus, contrary to actual teaching, didn't reach North America but the island of Hispaniola . He had no idea what existed approximately 90 miles away from where he was located.The first humans to North America arrived by crossing a land bridge from modern-day Russia somewhere between 30,000 and 11,000 years ago.
Cristopher Columbus discovered the new world for England and if he never sailed to north America then it may have stayed home to Indians or some other group may have settled there.
No, it is an island all by itself. It may or may not be part of Indonesia, but it is NOT part of North America.
North America is a continent.
Early hunters and gathers in north America may have been responsible for
It is currently winter in North America. (By the time you read this answer, it may well be wrong.)
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I think that through all the arguments and the evidence proven, that the Vikings by far were the first to have discovered the America's. They may not have done it intently but there is evidence proving that the Vikings were there centuries before Columbus.
San Francisco, a city in California in the United States, is in North America. However, there may be other locations called San Francisco that are in South America.
Possibly the Welsh prince Madoc late in the twelfth century, but more likely Leif Eriksson the Viking or some Basque fishermen. Some people think that Phonecians or Carthaginians may have discovered America in ancient times. The Irish St. Brendan may have discovered America before 600 AD, but even if he did it would probably have been in a coracle so wouldn;t have had any sails. It is possible that Australian Aboriginals may have discovered south America before any other peoples. Easter Islanders also made contact before Columbus, but the exact date is unknown.