None. In fact, there’s little to no evidence on when exactly the Maine Coon cat arrived in North America. Some speculate that it came together with the first European settlers as a rat-hunting ship cat, although it would still be unclear from which European cat is the Maine Coon decedent. Others speculate that the Maine Coon’s ancestors were from North America and they simply mixed with European short-haired cats. There’s also the reverse theory – that European long-haired cats mixed with North-American short-haired ones. Neither of those theories is backed up by a lot of evidence, but both are possible. Others hypothesize that the Maine Coon were brought to North America by Vikings, long before Columbus. Considering how Maine Coons are native specifically for Maine and not the rest of North America, that’s not a far-fetched hypothesis at all, but there’s still no evidence behind it as well. Long story short – all we know about the Maine Coon’s origins is that they were native for Maine in the early 19th century.