[#3Fan]

I think that settles it...but the Vikes were indeed in North America before the Genoese guy.

There's been intermittant contact between the old and new world for at least 4000 years. With the ocean currents and trade winds being the way they are, it's inevitable.

[another cricket]

Didn't they find a sunken Roman ship in the Gulf of Mexico?

a.cricket

[FormerLurker]

There is much more evidence concerning the Vikes coming here than just this map..

Did the Vikings Stay? Vatican Files May Offer Clues

The Kensington Runestone; verified as proof of Scandinavians in Minnesota in 1362

Apparently the Egyptians made their way here well before the Vikes.

Lost City of the Dead in the Grand Canyon

[SunkenCiv]

Well said. Sorry I'm late, traffic was murder.

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