Vikings reached as far as what is now Newfoundland sometime around the year 1000, long before Columbus.
The time in the Americas BEFORE the arrival of Columbus.
Amerigo Vespucci
The Portugees
yes there were
No, the compass was invented earlier, in ancient China, long before Christopher Columbus's voyages to the Americas. It was used for navigation by various cultures around the world, not just by Columbus.
Yes. First, there were people already living here. Second, there is at least some evidence of "discovery" of the Americas by Vikings, Chinese and Amerigo Vespucci.
Precolumbian means before Columbus arrived in the Americas.
The Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus.
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Christopher Columbus completed four voyages to the Americas between 1492 and 1504. His first voyage, in 1492, led to the discovery of the New World. Subsequent voyages allowed him to explore and establish settlements in various regions of the Caribbean and Central America. Columbus's voyages had a significant impact on European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
The period of time prior to discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus (i.e.: before 1492).