Discoverer of the Americas
The "discovery" of America is variously attributed to the following people, depending on context and definition:
- Native Americans, the first people to live in America (see Paleo Indians and Clovis Culture)
- Viking explorer Leif Ericson, the first European proven to have landed in America
- Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact, such as the Vikings and various unproven voyagers like St. Brendan
- European explorers during the "Age of Exploration", such as:
- Christopher Columbus, the first proven Old Worlder since the Vikings
- John Cabot
- João Vaz Corte-Real
- Amerigo Vespucci, after whom America is named.
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