who discovered america?

Answer 1

Technically, it may have been the Eskimoes were among the FIRST to discover it. It was groups of Alaskan natives migrating southward which ended up populating the entire region with 'native Americans'.

After that, it was groups of Norse farmers who were the next outsiders to find the American continent. Militant Vikings, of course, were raiders and would have no interest in the comparatively booty-free Americas, but there were several failed colonies.

Following that, Christopher Colombus was one of the first Europeans to completely NOT discover America. Even though natives kept telling him about the OTHER sea, he insisted to his dying day that he had found a route to the Indies (even constructing models of the Earth that were pear-shaped to accomodate all his new discoveries).

Other navigators were a little bit more on the ball. Nobody can say for certain whether the map-maker Amerigo Vespucci really was the very first European to come to the correct conclusion, but his voyages to South America starting 1499 gave him plenty of evidence for it.

There is some suggestion that maps produced with Amerigo's name on the continent were actually intended to mock the whole idea of a 'New World'. After all, most discoveries are named after an explorer's LAST name, not their first. But that's the subject of a whole different discussion!

Answer 2

Many people have discovered America over a long period of time. If you mean where did the United States originate the answer would be our country was the outgrowth of two English colonies: Jamestown Settlement and the Mass. Bay Colony. Although Columbus discoved the Americas with 4 voyages he never came to what now is the US of A.

Answer 3

Christopher Colombus is often credited for it, but it wasn't until his third and fourth voyages in 1498 and 1502 that he actually made it to the continents- just along the east coast of Central America and the north-east coast of Brazil.

There's evidence that viking exploreres lead by Leif Ericson made it to the east coast of Canada (probably modern-day Newfoundland and Labrador) as early as 1000 CE, though they didn't settle there- they just gathered timber which was taken back to Greenland for building houses, ships, etc.

The very earliest people to "discover" America probably crossed over the land bridge between Russia and Alaska (now the Bering Strait) before the end of the last ice age- 10,000+ years ago, and from there spread across North and South America.

Answer 4

"discover" is a loose term. Since the dawn of man, there have been people on the American continent. As far as discovery from Europeans, Leif Erikkson, a viking, actually discovered America quite some time before Christopher Columbus.

Answer 5

Complicated question. which time frame are you talking about . At some point the Vikings, Of course Columbus did, also the stone age people by the so called land bridge to china. PBS had a special on people from Europe, real early. Hope you find the right answer. I'm sure no one will know for sure.

Answer 6

The Native Americans or does just being there not count?

Though many believe it to have bee Christopher Columbus who discovered America there are many modern theories that support the claim that Vikings from Scandinavia visited America many centuries before the Europen "discovery"

Answer 7

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Answer 8

If we are discounting the indiginous people, then there are argumants for the vikings (i dislike that term it is too loose a description) or the chinese (in 1472 i think)

by the way the whole amerigo becoming america is a lie

It was named after a welsh bloke (watch QI on BBC 2)

Answer 9

What about Amerigo Vespucci from Italy?
He may have visited after Columbus, actually. But I believe we got the name America from his first name... Just as an FYI.

Answer 10

The Vikings