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The nomadic hunters from Siberia first inhabited the North America. They used the Berlin strait to Alaska during a time when the two connected by ice, which was called the prehistoric glacial period. Alaska at this time was a plush grassy plain and Siberia was an ice land. That is most likely why the nomadic hunters traveled to Alaska. The migration from Asia to Alaska continued beyond 800B.C.E. The nomadic hunters move throughout the North America. They are known to be the direct descendents of the Native Americans. They nomadic hunters would travel in tribes and packs and they spread out across the America. During this time the men would hunter for food and the women would tend the crops, cook, and weaving baskets. In 1492 the Europeans began to travel to what is now known as America. Christopher Columbus and John Cabot was one of the first to find North America in a long time to come over and explore. They tried to fine the quick and shortest route to Americas. During this time the Europeans did not know that the Indians from this land were descendents from the Europeans. There is a map called Gutierrez Map and is associated with this period of migration and had great detailed of the time period when it was created. A Spanish cartographer named Diego Gutierrez created this map in 1562. When looking at the map only a longitude scale appears, it shows the equator and the tropics of cancer. This helps show the fixed latitudes and helps to determining distances for the map. This map can be difficult to decipher the true meaning of the complexities of the map. It looks like the North Americans settled along Brazil’s east coast. It appears in the upper left hand corner of the map to have the Spanish and French coasts of arms, is suggest that they controlled the North America region. There was a treaty