publication date: Friday, April 28, 2017 (part of Spring 2017)

category: Exploration

clue: Wandering about like a leaf on the wind led him to discover North America long before Columbus.

explanation: Erikson is credited as the first European to set foot in North America (excluding Greenland), in the year AD 999. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Erik Bates, Aaron Shurtleff, and Jesse King


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