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RE: Who Really Found North America? [til]
I can't tell who discovered the continent. Except and apart from the aborigines, of course.
But I can tell you who didn't. Christopher Columbus didn't. He was completely lost when he stumbled ashore and he didn't realize in his lifetime that he actually crash landed on an unknown continent. That is, unknown to their civilisation.
I think we can both agree it was still a revolutionary discovery, whether he made it or not :)
Sorry, for the poor natives it was the beginning of their end.
Yes, I know. It would eventually happen no matter who was first to set feet on their ground.
The greed of white man has no borders :(
Here's an interesting article on the topic that I read a few years ago. It mentions Columbus and the Vikings, but not the Phoenicians. It also points out another little known fact. Discovery goes in two directions. Native Americans apparently discovered Europe in 60 BC.
@remlaps
A very interesting article. Thank you very much for linking to it. Read it all through and it makes perfect sense. Official history is a bunch of lies and myths. As is mass media everywhere and every time :)