500 years before Christopher Columbus set foot in the Caribbean, people from the North sailed across the Atlantic and reached America. Now, the English-language media is highlighting the Vikings’ historic achievement—and questioning why Columbus has received almost all the credit.
When Christopher Columbus By the time the Bahamas in the Caribbean were reached in 1492, people from the North had already crossed the Atlantic several hundred years earlier. During Leif ErikssonUnder their leadership, the Vikings explored North America and established a settlement in Newfoundland, in present-day Canada.
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