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Limits RegistryNorse explorers led by Leif Erikson reached North America around 1000 CE, establishing a settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in present-day Newfoundland, Canada — confirmed by archaeological excavation in the 1960s and later precisely dated to 1021 CE via tree-ring analysis of wood artifacts. This predates Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage by nearly 500 years, correcting the popular misconception that Columbus was the first European to reach the Americas.
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Norse explorers led by Leif Erikson reached North America around 1000 CE, establishing a settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in present-day Newfoundland, Canada — confirmed by archaeological excavation in the 1960s and later precisely dated to 1021 CE via tree-ring analysis of wood artifacts. This predates Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage by nearly 500 years, correcting the popular misconception that Columbus was the first European to reach the Americas.
The year of the first archaeologically confirmed European presence in the Americas.
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Limits Registry. LR-LEIF-ERIKSON-PRE-COLUMBUS-AMERICAS. First Europeans to reach the Americas. 2026.