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For a good run-down of the various folks that may (or may not) have crossed the Atlantic, see Simon Winchester's book Atlantic (ISBN13: 9780061702587): * http:

For a good run-down of the various folks that may (or may not) have crossed the Atlantic, see Simon Winchester's book Atlantic (ISBN13: 9780061702587): * http://www.simonwinchester.com/atlantic http://www.simonwinchester.com/atlantic * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Winchester https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Winchester

Apocryphon 6y ago
For a more crackpot work, there's Boland's They all discovered America https://archive.org/details/theyalldiscovere00bola https://archive.org/details/theyalldiscovere00bola https://www.amazon.com/discovered-America-Charles-Michael-Boland/dp/B0007E9DMU https://www.amazon.com/discovered-America-Charles-Michael-Bo...
- WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
  What's odd about this conversation is that it's fairly undisputed that Far East Asian natives discovered America and settled it.
  - bpodgursky 6y ago
    It was 16,000+ years ago, so calling them "Far East Asian naives" kinda undersells that the natives at the time were a completely different group than the ones we think of as current East Asian natives.
    - barneygale 6y ago
      There's some evidence (linguistic and otherwise [1]) that the Ket people [2] of Siberia are a remnant of the peoples that populated the Americas. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M0QnAqQUmw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M0QnAqQUmw 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ket_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ket_people
    - konjin 6y ago
      There is evidence for trans Beringian trade and population mixing well into the 15th century: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tiny-blue-beads-european-artifact-north-america-old-180976966/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tiny-blue-beads-eu...
    - WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
      > calling them "Far East Asian naives" kinda undersells Fine. Far Northeastern Asian Upper Paleolithic Hunter Gatherers then.
      - labster 6y ago
        I’m still not sure why we’re talking about ancient naïveté, I figure they didn’t know a lot of things back then.
    - jhbadger 6y ago
      Not really a different group. DNA evidence strongly supports the tie between modern Asian people and Native Americans.
  - nl 6y ago
    It's hard to call it "discovered" when the landbridge was still there and they were hunter-gathers (although "settled" is accurate). "Migrated to" maybe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beringia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beringia
JoeDaDude 6y ago
The History Channel aired this documentary which summarizes multiple theories about the discovery of America, from either the Atlantic or Pacific. Ice age explorers, Vikings, Polynesians, etc., are all covered: https://vimeo.com/288240659 https://vimeo.com/288240659

Apocryphon 6y ago

For a more crackpot work, there's Boland's They all discovered America https://archive.org/details/theyalldiscovere00bola https://archive.org/details/theyalldiscovere00bola https://www.amazon.com/discovered-America-Charles-Michael-Boland/dp/B0007E9DMU https://www.amazon.com/discovered-America-Charles-Michael-Bo...

WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
What's odd about this conversation is that it's fairly undisputed that Far East Asian natives discovered America and settled it.
- bpodgursky 6y ago
  It was 16,000+ years ago, so calling them "Far East Asian naives" kinda undersells that the natives at the time were a completely different group than the ones we think of as current East Asian natives.
  - barneygale 6y ago
    There's some evidence (linguistic and otherwise [1]) that the Ket people [2] of Siberia are a remnant of the peoples that populated the Americas. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M0QnAqQUmw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M0QnAqQUmw 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ket_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ket_people
  - konjin 6y ago
    There is evidence for trans Beringian trade and population mixing well into the 15th century: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tiny-blue-beads-european-artifact-north-america-old-180976966/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tiny-blue-beads-eu...
  - WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
    > calling them "Far East Asian naives" kinda undersells Fine. Far Northeastern Asian Upper Paleolithic Hunter Gatherers then.
    - labster 6y ago
      I’m still not sure why we’re talking about ancient naïveté, I figure they didn’t know a lot of things back then.
  - jhbadger 6y ago
    Not really a different group. DNA evidence strongly supports the tie between modern Asian people and Native Americans.
- nl 6y ago
  It's hard to call it "discovered" when the landbridge was still there and they were hunter-gathers (although "settled" is accurate). "Migrated to" maybe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beringia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beringia

JoeDaDude 6y ago

The History Channel aired this documentary which summarizes multiple theories about the discovery of America, from either the Atlantic or Pacific. Ice age explorers, Vikings, Polynesians, etc., are all covered: https://vimeo.com/288240659 https://vimeo.com/288240659