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Which Norse explorer landed in north America about 500 years before Christoper Columbus?
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Leif Erickson. He established a settlement on Newfoundland. He was born about 970 - 980, most likely on Iceland. Leif discovered North America either when he was blown off course on his way to introduce Christianity to Greenland, or he found it after hearing about it from another Greenlander who had been blown off course and had seen land to the west, and went looking for it.
His father, Eric the Red, established the first settlements on Greenland.
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The true discovers of America were?
Before Columbus arrived in America, vikings and norsemen had arrived. Leif Erickson discovered America nearly 500 years before Columbus, he was a Norse explorer.
What is Leif Ericcson known for?
He was a Sandinavian explorer and discovered America long before Columbus and named it Vinland
What explorer was before Magellan?
Columbus had discovered the Bahamas in 1492.
Is Columbus named after a president?
not hardly- Columbus lived long before anybody even dreamed of a US president. (Columbus was an Italian explorer who sailed under the Spanish flag and reached North America in 1492.)
Did Leif Ericson discover America before or after christopher Columbus?
Before Columbus.
Was popcorn created before or after Columbus discovered America?
thousands of years before Columbus discovered America (go to answers.com)
Who was an explorer before Christopher Columbus?
Vasco da Gama of Portugal.
Could the Chinese explorers make it to America before Columbus?
No Columbus discovered America first.
Who was lief ericson?
Leif Ericson was a Norse explorer who likely reached the shore of North America about 500 years before Columbus. He lived from about 970 to 1020 AD.
Who came to America before Columbus?
A viking called Leif Erickson first found America, years before Columbus was even born.
Explorer traveled to china 2 centuries before Columbus?
Marco polo
How do you make a sentence with discover?
Christoper Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 only to discover America
