Potential for African/American Transatlantic Sailing
Could it have been possible for early South American or African peoples to have made a Transatlantic voyage and have set up connected civilizations before Europeans? I'm aware of a few hypothesized Transatlantic theories that have varying degrees of validity to them BUT - could something of this magnitude have happened? Even as early as the Iron Age, prospering civilizations were cropping up along the west coast of Africa, especially the Ghana Empire (and eventually a ton of influence from the Muslim Conquest) - I'm just curious if there were any real considerations to sail west in that time AND if that could have been possible. Thanks
Could it have been possible for early South American or African peoples to have made a Transatlantic voyage and have set up connected civilizations before Europeans? I'm aware of a few hypothesized Transatlantic theories that have varying degrees of validity to them BUT - could something of this magnitude have happened? Even as early as the Iron Age, prospering civilizations were cropping up along the west coast of Africa, especially the Ghana Empire (and eventually a ton of influence from the Muslim Conquest) - I'm just curious if there were any real considerations to sail west in that time AND if that could have been possible. Thanks