How Did Christopher Columbus Discover America
It is a debate as to who discovered America. Many think that Christopher Columbus discovered America, but that may not be true. Before Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean in 1492 it is believed that Bjarni Herjolfsson, a Viking, may have been the first European to see North America with his crew he went looking for his father traveling from Ireland to Greenland. He was led off course by bad conditions. He came to land that wasn’t Greenland, and he didn’t want to stop despite his crew wanting to. He continued to Greenland he reached his father and he stayed with him until his death. Now 23 he returned to the new world once again. There were mixed opinions on his discovery, Bjanrni gave his ship to Leif Erikson, who hired 35 crewmen