The Madoc legend suggests that the Welsh were also there from 1170: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoc Probably just a myth,

The Madoc legend suggests that the Welsh were also there from 1170: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoc Probably just a myth, but Queen Elizabeth I was happy to use the legend to bolster British land claims in the New World versus the Spanish.