Who Really Discovered America? - 90 Books on DVDrom (Vikings, Irish, Welsh etc)
This Day in History: Today is Leif Erikson Day, a day held in honor of the first Europeans who have set foot in North America. There are actually many others who have also claimed to be the first discoverers of America, long before Columbus. The Welsh Prince Madoc claimed to have visited in the 1100's and there have been stories among the Creek natives of the "Welsh Indians."
The Irish have also sailed to America in the 6th century (St. Brendan), as well as the Phoenicians previously, the Chinese in the 5th century (there was a supposed discovery that Buddhistic traditions among the Mexican natives, jade ornaments in Nicaragua, and a Chinese symbol on a monument), and the Greeks have claimed the earliest European discovery (Ptolemy) 2300 years ago.
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