1492!
When Columbus visited the Americas, he thought he had reached Asia.
Vikings reached as far as what is now Newfoundland sometime around the year 1000, long before Columbus.
Christopher Columbus (October 30, 1451? - 20 May 1506) was an explorer and trader who first crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas in 1492, sailing under the flag of the Kingdom of Castile.
1492 was the year Christopher Columbus came to the Americas.
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When Columbus visited the Americas, he thought he had reached Asia.
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Vikings reached as far as what is now Newfoundland sometime around the year 1000, long before Columbus.
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Christopher Columbus is the explorer who reached the Americas under the flag of Castile. He is an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer.
Christopher Columbus (October 30, 1451? - 20 May 1506) was an explorer and trader who first crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas in 1492, sailing under the flag of the Kingdom of Castile.
1492 was the year Christopher Columbus came to the Americas.
vikingsRelics found recently indicate that the Nordic explorers reached the Americas long before Columbus
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He miscalculated the size of the earth by more than half.