Leif Eriksson, some 500 years before Columbus
Was the first European to discover North America.
Because the Vikings that sailed to America originally came from Iceland.
The pilgrims sailed to the continent of North America. The Spanish sailed to South America later.
that's easy: the pinta, Nina, and saint marina
who commanded the Viking expedition that supposedly reached north America
he didnt sail to north america he never new it was there
He sailed west from Greenland until he hit North America.
Leif Erikson was the first Viking to land in North America.
By ship from Scandinavia to Iceland to Greenland then to coastal North America.
He sailed from Iceland to Greenland, then on to North America.
John Cabot sailed to North America in 1500-1502
He sailed to explore North America.