Norwegian Vikings
Marco Polo
500 years before Columbus
Yes, everyone knew it was round in 1492. The ancient Greeks figured it out that the world was round thousands of years before Columbus.
Columbus is said to be the first one to discover America, however, roughly 500 years before Columbus there was a Viking ship who traveled from Scandinavia to Iceland, Greenland and landed in Canada. Leif Eriksson was the first European to set foot on the mainland of the Americas, this happened in New Foundland, Canada, 1005.
that question is very hard to answer but according to Chinese legend, Chinese boat sailors traveled to America the globe 1,000 years before Columbus had discovered America.
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A viking called Leif Erickson first found America, years before Columbus was even born.
Marco Polo was BEFORE Columbus about 225 years.
Lots of people!! Although it is widely believed that Chris Colombus discovered it, the Vikings probably got there 6-700 years before him.
There is some evidence that the Vikings sailed to North America before Columbus and it is possible that the Chinese did too.
The Vikings were the first Europeans who reached North America about 500 years before Christopher Columbus and their leader was Leif Erikson
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