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[–] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Columbus was the first European to explore Cuban isles. Lief Erickson explored Newfoundland about 400 years before I believe.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Indigenous people discovered and settled the Americas >20,000 years ago.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    And animals knew about it before that, if we don't want to be specist.

    It was the old world civilisations discovering the new world for the second time, and for the first time that lead to wider contact. (Columbus himself died before it was found to be a whole continent)

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