Grog of the Cave Bear Clan was dubbed "first discoverer of America" by the elders of the tribe in the Year 35,563 BC for his crossing of the Bering Strait ice bridge chasing after wholly mammoths...
2007-05-17 07:34:45
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answered by Its not me Its u 7
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Christopher Columbus is widely credited with "discovering" the Americas in 1492. However, there were other Europeans that had visited the Americas before Columbus. The Vikings actually had colonies on Greenland and in the areas of Newfoundland in the 11th Century, set up by Leif Ericsson (not Eric Ericsson) and his father, Eric Thorvaldsson (or better known as Eric the Red). Also, European fisherman had been fishing further and further to the west prior to Columbus sailing and most likely were fishing the area of the Grand Banks and using the islands of northeast Canada as a place to rest. There also is some evidence that the Chinese may have found the Americas about 300 years before Columbus by sailing east. Some historians also believe that ancient African societies, such as the Phoenecians, likely came over to parts of Central and South America. As someone else also pointed out, there have been native peoples with strong cultures inhabiting the Americas long before the rest of the world started to "discover" it.
2007-05-17 06:50:47
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answered by WBurly 3
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North America was discoverED by Leif Ericson
2007-05-17 12:02:10
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answered by Anonymous
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Columbus
2007-05-17 06:25:38
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answered by pokemon maniac 6
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america or north america, cause america it was columbus for america and north america is eric ericson
2007-05-17 06:28:43
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answered by Anonymous
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it was never lost people lived there long before it was((((discovered))))
2007-05-17 06:24:44
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answered by Anonymous
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I think it not Columbus, but Amerigo Vespucci,
2007-05-17 06:20:49
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answered by Prashant M 1
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christopher columbus
2007-05-17 06:22:15
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answered by kidtastic78 2
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