Thanks for the ping. Another to add to the list of those who claim to discovering America.
Phoenecians
Vikings — Leif Erikson
Irish Priests — Saint Brennan
Chinese
Mongolians
South Sea Islanders
Columbus dude
Basque fishermen
Asians who walked across the land bridge
also, the Egyptians, the Romans (or Greeks, anyway, amphorae on a now-offlimits wreck off the coast of Brazil), the Celts, the Egyptians, the Australians, the Shang Chinese...
Ancient Romans In Texas?
Science Frontiers online | Nov-Dec 1993 | William Corliss
Posted on 04/14/2002 9:23:47 AM EDT by Hellmouth
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/665767/posts
Romans In Brazil During The Second Third Century?
Mysterious Earth
Posted on 12/10/2003 8:37:14 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1038045/posts
Romans in Brazil During the Second or Third Century?
Mysterious Earth | June 20, 2003 | “Michael”
Posted on 10/17/2004 10:47:13 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1248340/posts
Vikings In South America?
Science Frontiers | Science Frontiers #62, Mar-Apr 1989 | William R. Corliss
Posted on 09/15/2006 5:11:03 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1702307/posts
Ancient Celtic / Scottish Viking sites in New Zealand!(?)
The Little Doctors & Martin Doutre? | October 2003
Posted on 04/11/2006 12:19:16 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1613129/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/821404/posts?page=6#6