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Well, as people say Christopher Colombus discovered America but NO HE DIDN'T. The Indians or native Americans did they were living on that land first but English took claim for Discovering it. The native Americans claim to have traveled from the islands around the world.

the vikings also arrived several years before Columbus.

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Christopher Columbus the Italian Navigator is credited with discovering America while on a trip looking for another destination. However upon arriving the country was already being inhibited by Native Americans whom had began to cultivate the land and hunt its animals to sustain living.

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