47. The Icelandic that Beat Christopher Columbus
I’m sure many people think that Christopher Columbus was the one that discovered the Americas, but they are wrong; someone else beat him to it, and his name was Leif Erikson, also known as Leif the Lucky. This Norse explorer landed at the northern tip of modern Canada, which he named Vinland, at least around 500 years before Columbus. He chose the name Vinland because they were many grapes growing wild in the area; the area is believed to be Newfoundland, Canada, because of all the archeological evidence found in the area, including a ship repair station and waypoint.
