They reached North America 500 years before Columbus reached the Bahamas.
vikingsRelics found recently indicate that the Nordic explorers reached the Americas long before Columbus
The north Atlantic
The Pacific would be the only direct route.
The ancestors of today's dogs were actually transported across the pacific oceans to reach North America by the early explorers.
European Explorers discovered on their way to finding a shorter way to Asia... was the what are now called the United States of America! European Explorers discovered on their way to finding a shorter way to Asia... was the what are now called the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
Several notable explorers did not reach North America despite their significant voyages. For instance, Christopher Columbus famously landed in the Caribbean but never set foot on the North American mainland. Similarly, the Viking explorer Leif Erikson is believed to have reached parts of what is now Newfoundland, Canada, but did not explore the broader continent. Additionally, explorers like Ferdinand Magellan and Vasco da Gama focused their expeditions on South America and Asia, respectively, without venturing into North America.
what made it possible for the explorers to reach new lands that previous explorers didn't have?
Otar can be found in the Nordic Ruin of Ragnvald in the reach.
Explorers in the 14th Century did not explore North America. They were more interested in the Caribbean Islands at that time. Exploration of North America did not start until the 15th Century.
Yes, they did. The Rurik dynasty of the Kievan Rus was of Nordic origin
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America was discovered by many different explorers, most of them of Western European ethnicity.