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No there was a less famous explorer that went there about 20 to 30 years before. Plus the vikings where there about 1000 to 1500 years before, there is also evidence of Celts being in the Midwest.

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Even if only Europeans count (since there were people on shore watching him arrive) the answer is still no. Vikings, Chinese, Phoenicians and potentially Basques beat Columbus to North America.

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