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Even today, many people still believe that Christopher Columbus was the person who “discovered” America when he landed there in 1492. That belief overlooks the fact that indigenous people had already been living there for at least 20,000 years and other non-indigenous people had already made expeditions to the Americas – some hundreds of years before Columbus – and some had even built settlements. Ancient Greek, Chinese, Viking, and Welsh explorers have all been proposed as forerunners to the famed voyage in 1492. So who really did get there before Columbus? [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"78157","attributes":{"alt":"Which ancient explorers reached North America before Columbus?","class":"media-image","style":"width: 610px; height: 410px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]] Which ancient explorers reached North America before Columbus? ( Public Domain ) The Chinese One intriguing argument suggests