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The Viking Leif Ericsson in L'Anse aux Meadows (Newfoundland) in 1000 AD Archeological site has been found and evidence shows they were there for a few years but diod not remain.
Another European to land in North America before Columbus was Sir Henry Sinclair, a Scottish Nobelman in the year 1396
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Which group of people reached North America about 500 years before Columbus?
Vicking
Who were the people who lived in America before Columbus?
There was no "America " before the revolution and it was an group of English colonies. 90% of the people were farmers. NYC was the largest city along with Boston, Philadelphia, and Charleston. Smugglers ran the coastlines and sold goods that were banned by the British.
What was some of Leif Erickson contributions?
He led a group of Vikings, who became the first Europeans to land in North America.
Who traveled to the new world 400 years before Columbus did?
Columbus did not discover America and didn't get close to it. Instead he found islands off of the Bahamas. The Vikings arrived in North America 500 years before any European came on the mainland of North America. They set up colonies in Newfoundland and Greenland. In 1513 Balboa leads a party across the Isthmus of Panama and became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. Cortes marched into Mexico in 1519 with 600 men and found the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan' of 150,000 people. By 1531 Pizarro is leading a group into the Inca empire.
3 ships columbus took?
Columbus came to America with a group of three ships. The names of the ships were the Nina, The Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
Which group of people reached North America about 500 years before Columbus?
Vicking
What group of europeans reached North American before Columbus?
vikings
What group of europeans explored American about AD 1000?
The Vikings were the first Europeans who reached North America about 500 years before Christopher Columbus and their leader was Leif Erikson
Why is Columbus Day a holiday in US?
Because Columbus discovered America
Who accompanied Christopher Columbus to America?
a group of people
Why was leif ericson famous?
He was the first European explorer before Christopher Columbus to land in North America.
What group of Europeans came to the Americas before Columbus?
The Portugees
Who were the second group of Europeans who came to America and were did they settle?
Columbus, I don't know
Which group of people left evidence of exploration in the Americas before Columbus?
Africans.
Who were the people who lived in America before Columbus?
There was no "America " before the revolution and it was an group of English colonies. 90% of the people were farmers. NYC was the largest city along with Boston, Philadelphia, and Charleston. Smugglers ran the coastlines and sold goods that were banned by the British.
What are the two main European groups that settled in North America?
The second group of europeans to come to America was Columbus. the first was leaf ericson
What was some of Leif Erickson contributions?
He led a group of Vikings, who became the first Europeans to land in North America.
