context: Kolumbus was not the first person to arrive in America, which he found was already occupied. He was also not the first European to reach the continent because it is now widely recognized that Viking people from Northern Europe visited North America in the 11th century and founded the L'Anse aux Meadows colony to short period of time. It is estimated that an unidentified sailor traveled to America before Columbia and provided him with a source for his glory. There are also many theories about expeditions to America by various people throughout that period.
question: Who found the American continent?
answers.text: Viking people from Northern Europe