Legend has it that a sixth-century Irish monk named Saint Brendan sailed to North America on a wood-framed boat covered with animal skin, but there is no evidence to support this. Eric Weiner wrote in NPR some of these theories, starting with the Irish Monks who arrived in the sixth century. Competitors of Columbus Who Might Have Found the Americas Before HimĪside from Christopher Columbus, there are competing theories that suggest other groups of people first landed in the Americas. The ship arrives after sailing from Haugesund, Norway, on April 23, sailing across the North Atlantic Ocean and through the Great Lakes. The Norwegian Viking ship "Draken Harald Haarfagre" (L) sails into New York harbor as it passes the Statue of Liberty on Septembre 17, 2016. (Photo : KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)
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