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It is surmised that the first Europeans came from Viking backgrounds. An explorer named Leif Erikson visited the east coast of North America almost 500 years before Columbus.

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The simple answer is, no body knows. There is evidence that the Vikings made it to Greenland and most likely Nova Scotia but we can't be sure who was first.

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It'a a matter of some debate, but probably the Vikings.

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