Many have claimed to have "discovered" the America's first. From Christopher Columbus, to Leif Erikson, all the way to the first paleoindians who set foot on the continent during the last ice age. But the nature of discovery is tricky, and has left many stories of alternate discoveries by other groups all around the world.
Tales ranging from Irish monks sailing over to get some peace and quiet to shipwrecked Japanese fishermen, there's enough information out there to make you question who really did discover America first?
