Possibly Polynesians might have landed in California earlier than the Vikings: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Did-ancient-Polynesians-visit-California-Mayb

Possibly Polynesians might have landed in California earlier than the Vikings: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Did-ancient-Polynesians-visit-California-Maybe-2661327.php http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Did-ancient-Polynesians-v... There was a documentary about this too which raised some interesting points. There is one more potential location they would have sailed to - Chile in South America: http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/polynesian-seafarers-discovered-america-long-before http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/storie...