Christopher Columbus commanded, in 1492, the first recorded European expedition to cross the Atlantic Ocean and reach the Americas. Nevertheless, he was not the first European to land in that part of the world. Adventurers from Norway, Iceland, and Greenland had almost certainly settled briefly in Newfoundland and may have landed elsewhere on the coast of North America (Christopher Columbus ). There is also some evidence to the effect that fishermen from western part of England may have sighted some part of North America (Christopher Columbus ). Columbus's expedition, however, is distinguished from the earlier adventures by its c

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