After some dude named Columbus bumps into the American continents, thousands and thousands of people decide, "Hey, why not get on a rickety boat and risk drowning in a storm or dying of scurvy, just so long as there is a new frontier waiting at the end of the voyage?" What kind of traits were necessary for a person to survive as a settler in the New World?

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What do you think?

Btw -- some claim ADHD was likely a prominent trait among explorers.