Most of us were taught that Christopher Columbus discovered America. Yet it is far from clear cut. There are alternative theories about who got here first — some well-documented, others much ...

Many have claimed to have "discovered" the America's first. From Christopher Columbus, to Leif Erikson, all the way to the first paleoindians who set foot on the continent during the last ice age.

With both Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day being celebrated on Oct. 9, some are asking if Christopher Columbus was really the first European in America. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

First Italian navigator who made multiple voyages across the Atlantic Ocean to North America (a.k.a. the “New World”): Christopher Columbus. 1774. First capital of the United States: Philadelphia.

The Troubling History of the Fight to Honor Leif Erikson—Not Columbus—as the Man Who ‘Discovered America’ 10 minute read The Viking ship that sailed from Norway to the World's Columbian ...