The British, since 1300? Where?
It's kind of interesting the way the Brits simply occupied New Amsterdam. They claimed right of occupation by continuous occupation since 1300. All the way from Virginia to Newfoundland. Virginia was named for Queen Elizabeth, the foxy redhead. On or about 1300 they had a visit in England from some descendants of Arthur's colonists who had been living in America for 800 years. They brought turkeys and corn, and that was long before Columbus.