Did the vikings discover America

Answer 1

In that the Vikings were met (and wiped out) by people, the 'Natives" who came from Asia, the Vikings were just the latest in a string of visitors starting in 12,000 BCE or so. There are also reports of Chinese voyages to the new world and Phoenician travelers.

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There are Irish legends of earlier travelers from Europe to America, but the earliest documented travel is of the Vikings. There is also some evidence that the Chinese may have visited what is now California many hundreds of years ago, but this is still disputed.

Of course, the FIRST humans to reach America were the early nomads who came from Asia about 50K years ago.

Answer 2

Yes, they were able to map 'Vinland' 500 years beforeColumbus' visit to 'The New World'.

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Answer 3

The vikings founds America before the famous Christopher Columbus but the did not stay because the conditions were not suitable

Answer 4

yes Viking was first, then Leif Ericson, and Columbus

Answer 5

Yes. They did. They discovered America 500 years before colombus. Leif Erickson was who discovered it . Also Leif dicovered by himself.

Answer 6

The Vikings settled on the northern tip of the Isle of Newfoundland in the year 1000 AD. That was almost 500 years before Columbus. The natives disovered the new world first

Answer 7

in 1000 (CAD)

around 1000 A.D.