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People believe that Chinese discovered America in 1421 but some people say they might of got there in 1200's

And the Vikings discovered America in 1000 AD , But they only went to America to trade they didn't discover it because the vikings already had proof that there was land there. So the Chinese discovered it and they didn't know they would actually find it

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