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Who were the first group of Europeans to touch
American soil?

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Answer:Before Columbus they say maybe vikings were the first to touch american soil.But most say Columbus did first.

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Answer:

Norse from west Greenland

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The first Europeans to arrive in North America -- at least the first for whom there is solid evidence -- were Norse, traveling west from Greenland, where Erik the Red had founded a settlement around the year 985.

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