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240. Who Discovered the Americas? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

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The History of the Americas

The first people likely walked or travelled across the Bering Land Bridge tens of thousands of years ago. The Vikings and Polynesians, two great seafaring peoples, likely reached the Americas around the same time. These groups likely met indigenous people, traded and fought, but ultimately both left or disappeared. Columbus in the 15th century rediscovered the continent in his search for Asia. But it is important to realise that long before Columbus and the European empires, the Vikings reached North America and the Polynesians reached South America.

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