Who was the European to reach North America?
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Who was the European to reach North America?
First European perhaps?
St. Brendan, Erik the Red, Monty Python?
C'mon, Paul. I thought the question was a throw-away.
Give me a date range (and no I do not mean AD1 - AD1999)
P.
America was discovered in 1964 by the four explorers John, Paul, George and Ringo.
td.
Yeah, right.
Given a time frame the person/group I'm thinking of becomes
completely identifiable. I put these things up so I can
learn something too. I didn't realize that Brendan's
voyage was AD487. Of course, I don't think I would accept
that much of the evidence, either...
Let's rephrase the question:
Who was the first European to SETTLE in North America?
Mick Jagger.
td.
DerFarm....do you have something against onanism? I thought it was one of men's favorite past times??
yeah, i often like to get on one ;-)
td.
Action without change
The ultimate narcissism
TD, you're thinking of Onager. And you can't get on them,
because no one has yet domesticated them.
Well maybe Brendan is a bit dodgy but the Vikings almost certainly visited N America (Vinland) in the ninth/tenth Century.
Cheers,
P.
Chris columbus in October 1492, is usually asociated with the first person to find america, but I think I remember reading somewhere that it being disputed and that some-else beat him to it. can't remember who though
Paul and derfarm
I found an interesting read on the viking discovery, check out
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01416a.htm
Well, it appears that I was wrong in my first
supposition...by about 170 years.
I was thinking of Prince Madoc and the Welsh. They
supposedly landed in Mobile Bay around 1170
http://welshdragon.net/myths/madoc_usa.htm
however, it seems that Leif the Lucky and some of his not-
so-lucky compatriots made it to Newfoundland (or
thereabouts) around 1000.
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/north/nor-i/thule/thu-020e.htm
Personally, having been to both Newfoundland and Mobile in
the winter, I think Madoc got the better of it.
Well you live and learn. I thought it was Eric the Red and I thought he was a bit earlier than 985 but I had only vaguely heard of Madoc and I certainly would not have thought of him.
Cheers all,
P.
I remember it being Eric the Red as well...Mind you, I dropped History last year, so I'll just shut up now!