As promised, the first of the new Harry Potter writings have gone up, and J.K. Rowling’s first installment of Magic in North America has revealed some interesting details about the early years of magic in this great nation.
For her first Pottermoreentry in this new 4-part online series, it seems J.K. Rowlinghas started from the start, focusing her attentionon Native American witches and wizards…
While it may have taken muggles a while to discover what was on the other side of the ocean, witches and wizards were a bit more geographically savvy. Due to the many means of magical travel, not to mention visions and premonitions, the “New World” was not so new to witches and wizards. Not only did witches and wizards know of America before it was "discovered," but the Native Americans knew about Europe and Africa well before the settlers arrived.