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Christopher Columbus didn't discover "an entire new world", he was just one of the first Europeans to land on a continent that had already been there, with plen
by tree_of_item 10y ago
Christopher Columbus didn't discover "an entire new world", he was just one of the first Europeans to land on a continent that had already been there, with plenty of people, for thousands of years.
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- visarga 10y agoWell, it was a discovery, but just for Europe. American natives discovered Europe as well.
- katherineduh 10y agoIt wasn't even a discovery for Europe because Vikings had already been to the Americas in the 10th century.
- Chris2048 10y agoUnless American natives knew of Europe, it was a trivial discovery. When one continent discovers another, the relevance is the new link between them, and interactions between the two economies. If we discover aliens on a new planet, the fact that the aliens knew about themselves before that doesn't change much - first contact may be when they discover us too. But let's not pretend this isn't slightly about political correctness, and sensitivity over colonialism, which ruins the objectivity over the subject.