This post won't go into this complex matter, I just want to share an online book, published in 1913, written by Thomas Crawford Johnston, and titled "Did the Phoenicians Discover America?"
>>This is the link to the book
In the past (2011) I posted extensively on the Phoenicians - America subject (this is an index to all the posts).
Personally, I don't object to the idea of Phoenicians reaching America. Wind or sea currents could have dragged their ships across the Atlantic towards Brazil from the Canary Islands (like it did with the Portuguese ships sailing to India). Interestingly, Johnston has them reach America from Asia, by crossing the Pacific!.
They could have discovered the dye of Brazil wood and used it as a source for their dye trade. But their impact on the Amerindians if any, was small. No tools, artifacts, or buildings have been found. They did not mention America in any texts. No DNA has been found in any ancient remains or in extant natives.
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