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Leif Erickson, a viking, probably reached the Americas before Columbus, however, not much happened after the vikings made a landing in North America. After Columbus landed, a whole bunch of explorers sailed to the Americas. Of course, the very first people to reach the Americas, were the people who went from Siberia, Russia across the Bering Strait to Alaska, and then down south to the rest of the continent.

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