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Lacertus

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The Phoenicians probably sailed around Africa fairly early. But I've never heard of them going beyond that into the other hemishphere.

 

I've heard theories that the Egyptians sailed to Central America, which is meant to explain why Central American Natives would have step pyramids similar to old Egypt. But it's just a theory, and I don't think it's a widely held one among the scholarly community.

 

Mediterranean aside, Vikings did discover America around 1000CE, but they left no permanent settlements and their discovery was forgotten.

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