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Evidence points towards early 11th century Vikings, but some coins found point back even farther to the Romans . Yet, the coins could have been dropped by the Vikings because they did raid areas of Roman Britian. The Vikings were at least 500 years before Columbus.

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Q: Who were the earliest Europeans to explore the western hemisphere?
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