History

1 Bering Strait land bridge-  As of 2008, genetic findings suggest that a single population of modern humans migrated from southern Siberia toward the land mass known as the  Bering  Land Bridge as early as 30,000 years ago, and  crossed  over to the Americas by 16,500 years ago. Leif Erikson - 980 AD- story- it was just Canada  2 1492- Christopher Columbus discovers America but not USA 1497- John Cabot Cabot is known today as Giovanni Caboto in Italian  and as John Cabot in English.  Historians had thought that, on arrival in England, Cabot went to  Bristol , a major maritime centre, to seek financial backers.  ... free authority, faculty and power to sail to all parts, regions and coasts of the eastern, western and northern sea, under our banners, flags and ensigns, with five ships or vessels of whatsoever burden and quality they may be, and with so many and with such mariners and men as they may wish to take with them in the said ships, at their own proper costs and charges, to find