Leif Erickson, a Norse Explorer came to America some 500 years before 1492. He founded colonies in Greenland and Newfoundland.
Portuguese Maps drawn 50 years before 1492 show the coast of Brazil.
Apparently English fishermen were fishing off the coast of North America before 1492. John Cabot checked out their reports.
Thor Heyerdahl thought some hieroglyphics indicated that an Egyptian reed boat visited the Americas. He made one and showed that such was possible.
Indications exist that Chinese explorers found North America.
John Cabot.
None, Columbus was dead, he came to America in 1492
1492 AD is the year Columbus sailed the blue and discovered America (probably the answer your looking for) 1492 BC was 1492 years before Christ was born.
1492 is the year that Columbus came to America. He did not "discover" America as has been stated in the past. There were Native Americans inhabiting the country, and other white men had explored the Americas before Columbus. However, Columbus' voyage to America led to lasting European contact with America.
Arrived in 1492
other explorers and colonist around the world.
John Cabot.
None, Columbus was dead, he came to America in 1492
From Christopher Columbus in 1492, almost all explorers who came to the Americas from Europe were Christian, so it basically started in 1492.
Tribes of people who had probably given themselves Tribal names the early explorers did not record. We don't know of anyone who reached N.A. in 1492. Columbus stopped at Hispaniola in 1492 but did not reach the continent.
before 1492 :)
The explorers before 1492 were hoping to find new trade routes to Asia, sources of valuable goods such as spices and gold, and potential territories for colonization and expansion. Additionally, some explorers were motivated by a desire to spread Christianity and convert indigenous populations to the Catholic faith.
1492 AD is the year Columbus sailed the blue and discovered America (probably the answer your looking for) 1492 BC was 1492 years before Christ was born.
1492 is the year that Columbus came to America. He did not "discover" America as has been stated in the past. There were Native Americans inhabiting the country, and other white men had explored the Americas before Columbus. However, Columbus' voyage to America led to lasting European contact with America.
It wasn't affected before 1492. The millions of Native Americans lived in North America and conducted their lives according to their traditions.
In the millions of Native Americans societies.
Historical evidence suggests that indigenous peoples, commonly referred to as Native Americans, have been living in the Americas for thousands of years before Christopher Columbus' arrival in 1492. The discovery of America by European explorers marked the beginning of contact between the two continents.