#Discoveryofamerica

History reveals that about 500 years before the Italian Christopher Columbus was born a European group of sailors led by Leif Eriksson, Norse Explorer, sailed in their high powered single sail Viking ship through the Atlantic Ocean In search of a new world. The wind carried the ship through unfamiliar waters . After traversing some nautical miles the Norsemen found a new land , dropped anchor and went ashore , the North American soil