who discovered america?

Answer 1

Depends on how you define "discover." Arguably nomadic wanderers who crossed the Bering Straits discovered it some 40,000 years ago or so. That said, to the western world it was unknown until 1492, when Columbus found it. If you define discover as "finding that which was lost", then he "discovered" it for western civilization. Ultimately, it is a matter of semantics and definitions.

Answer 2

A Viking named Leaf Arikson discovered the continent of America centuries before the English guy!

Answer 3

That depends on how far back you want to go. The first Chinaman who walked across the land bridge from Asia, where the Bering Straight is now, was technically the first person to "discover" America, even though he certainly had no idea of the magnitude of his discovery, and nobody today even knows who he was. Later on, Vikings, led by Lief Erikson, established colonies in what is now Canada and the North Eastern US, but they couldn't make it through the "Little Ice Age" and died out. Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, usually gets the credit because, as one of my history professors stated, "When Chris discovered America, it STAYED discovered!"

Answer 4

Even though the country had been inhabited by Indians for many centuries, Christopher Columbus has became famous as the man who "discovered" America in 1492. However, he was not even the first European to reach the North American continent. The first Europeans, the Vikings, arrived in North America in the 11th century. They had settlements in parts of present-day Canada for a short while, but their presence in America went by quite unnoticed.

Answer 5

Even though the country had been inhabited by Indians for many centuries, Christopher Columbus has became famous as the man who "discovered" America in 1492. However, he was not even the first European to reach the North American continent. The first Europeans, the Vikings, arrived in North America in the 11th century. They had settlements in parts of present-day Canada for a short while, but their presence in America went by quite unnoticed.

Answer 6

Grog of the Cave Bear Clan was dubbed 'first discoverer of America" by the elders of the tribe of him being the first to cross the Bering Strait Ice Bridge in the Year 36,563 BC....

Answer 7

I'm going to the west coast. It was a surfer named Big Hanger,,,,,, No that's wrong, it was a race of people that migrated across the frozen Bering Strait, started the Eskimos, then made there way to the east coast where they built the first Indian casino.

Answer 8

Amerigo Vespucci. Columbus re-discovered it.

Answer 9

Asians

Answer 10

Most people think it is Christopher Columbus, but it was first discoverd by the Vikings lead by Lief Ericson. Trust me I know.