Before Columbus "discovered" * America, are there any records , lore or legends of Natives of the America's travelling East in their culture ?

by CDfm

I recently came across again William Harris ( sometimes called Ayers) a member of Christopher Columbus's Crew who hailed from Galway. I already knew there was an Irishman on his crew.

I posted a thread on /r/IrishHistory about some references to people landing in Ireland from the East.

http://www.reddit.com/r/IrishHistory/comments/212g5t/american_indians_discover_galway_ireland_before/

None of this surprises me as even back to Ptomely mapmakers (which the Columbus family were) talked to sailors and navigators and based maps on their accounts and on hearsay.

So the question I am asking is if there were any Native American explorers ?

  • and St Brendan discovered America :)
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about some references to people landing in Ireland from the East.

I'm confused about this. Visitors to Ireland form Turtle Island (North America) would come from the West, not East. Is this a typo?