https://padlet.com/william_boles/2f273lhy4vc5 History of America's Discovery en-us 2017-11-02 14:26:42 UTC 2023-02-24 06:41:12 UTC hello@padlet.com william_boles https://padlet.com/william_boles/2f273lhy4vc5/wish/202925160 The first people to set foot on the continent of North America may have been a viking named Leif Erickson. He landed here half a millennium before Christopher Columbus.

http://www.history.com/news/the-viking-explorer-who-beat-columbus-to-america]]> 2017-11-02 14:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/william_boles/2f273lhy4vc5/wish/202925160 william_boles https://padlet.com/william_boles/2f273lhy4vc5/wish/202929122 After the vikings landed on America they left and never came back. This accomplishment was reported to Europe. The Europeans where uninterested at first but later a series of developments encouraged European countries to send expeditions to explore America.


]]> 2017-11-02 14:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/william_boles/2f273lhy4vc5/wish/202929122 william_boles https://padlet.com/william_boles/2f273lhy4vc5/wish/207947740 When Christopher Columbus found the Bahamian islands he was not attempting to find Bahamian islands. he was actually looking for a direct route to Asia. He named the natives Indians thinking he had landed somewhere in India, not knowing he was actually in the Americas. I am not positive why we celebrate Columbus Day instead of something like Erickson Day

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