The Vikings
Before Columbus.
A viking called Leif Erickson first found America, years before Columbus was even born.
Saint Brendan
Yes, when Christopher Columbus arrived on the shores of the new world, both North and South America were inhabited by indigenous people.
The Vikings were the first Europeans who reached North America about 500 years before Christopher Columbus and their leader was Leif Erikson
Christopher Columbus is often credited with discovering America on October 12, 1492. However, it is important to note that indigenous people were already living in the Americas before Columbus arrived.
Actually the same time because Amerigo was on the same ship as Columbus, but America was named after Amerigo.
There is some evidence that the Vikings sailed to North America before Columbus and it is possible that the Chinese did too.
He didn't discover America. Leif Erikson, a viking, discovered America. He said there 500 years before columbus.
No, Christopher Columbus was the one who was given credit for discovering America. The Vikings discovered America long before Columbus. His travels started the permanent contact between Europe and the Americas. He never landed on the North American continent.
No, Christopher Columbus did not find the potato. Potatoes are native to the Andes region in South America and were already being cultivated by indigenous peoples long before Columbus's arrival in the Americas.
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