The Chinese are in this contest as well.
http://www.livescience.com/7002-map-...ail-world.html
Then there's the Scots.
From the above article...
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According to some scholars, it was Scottish Earl Sir Henry Sinclair of Orkney who first touched American land in 1397, on one of many voyages the sailor undertook with Italian partner Nicolo Zeno.
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