Exluding the American indians?
If so...
Earlist Verifiable
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Vikings 1000ad
Norman Fisherman 1400's
Columbus 1492
Possibilities
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West Africans ?
St. Breneden the Navigator 800's
Chinese 1400's
Genoese 1400's
Pourtugese late 1400's but before 1492
Long Shots
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Phonecians
Egyptians
2007-07-09 14:36:59
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answered by 29 characters to work with...... 5
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What an open question you have asked.
First, North or South America? That aside and assumed, I'll also assume you mean the USA. From Europe?...the Dutch and Spanish. Before European exploration?...Native Americans. How was that accomplished?...by way of Asia.
Proof being that Asians, Inuits, and Native Americans are the modern species of man that have the gene for the flap of skin at the inner corner of the eyes, for tear duct protection. Evolution...
2007-07-09 21:25:52
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answered by Anonymous
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The Native Americans.
2007-07-09 21:21:45
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answered by Katie D 2
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Nobody really knows. The Viking presence is well-documented, and there are indications of Viking camps farther south than the well-known ones in Labrador. There are strange artifacts that some feel indicate an Irish presence, and others that could be Egyptian or even Chinese. Many people sailed the seas, and most of history is lost to us. But of course the very first people in North America were the Asians who became Native Americans. Estimates of their earliest arrival range from about 12,000 to 30,000 years ago.
2007-07-09 21:20:46
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answered by TG 7
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Natives coming across the Behring Straight.
2007-07-10 01:17:46
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answered by bsharpbflatbnatural 5
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The Chinese. They went to North America by walking on the ice bridge that connects Alaska to China. That's why some native Americans look somehow a bit Asian.
2007-07-09 21:18:36
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answered by GPS94 3
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