2006-11-13 02:39:15 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Leif Ericsson
2006-11-13 02:48:06 · answer #1 · answered by Proximale 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christopher Columbus was not the first European to discover the New World! This commonly held belief is wrong. Columbus didn't reach the New World until 1492, 500 years after Leif Erikson's arrival in 1001 AD.
Leif Erikson was the first European to set foot in the New World, opening a new land rich with resources for the Vikings to explore. But for some unknown reason, the Vikings only made a few voyages to the New World after Leif. Unfortunately, this caused his discovery to remain unknown to nearly all of Europe, which was in the midst of the Crusades.
2006-11-13 10:51:53 · answer #2 · answered by Snaredrum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be impossible to say when humans started to cross the land bridge from asia to america . As for europeans it was well before Columbus . Vikings made the trip in long boats centuries before . There is also a belief that the chinese made it to california and the egyptians to central and south america .
2006-11-13 11:59:41 · answer #3 · answered by Ray H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Indians
2006-11-13 10:46:49 · answer #4 · answered by prettygirl5 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christopher Columbus.
2006-11-13 10:46:31 · answer #5 · answered by Look on the bright side. 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Depends on what you mean by first.
If you mean the inhabitants, no way to know the name. Now, if you mean european that gave promotion to the new world into the old one, then it's Christopher Colombus.
2006-11-13 10:47:19 · answer #6 · answered by M'lady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cristovão Colombo
but there is a version that were the hollands
2006-11-13 10:48:23 · answer #7 · answered by andrea.sirtori 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To the best of my knowledge , it is the Indians.
2006-11-13 11:00:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the vikings
2006-11-13 10:49:16 · answer #9 · answered by oana 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christopher Columbs , i guess
2006-11-13 10:48:33 · answer #10 · answered by Ankit B 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋