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HN, 1492. Christopher Columbus discovers America. HN user comment : pretty misleading title, large parts of America are most probably not discovered yet. Joke a
by kubiiii 12y ago
HN, 1492. Christopher Columbus discovers America.
HN user comment : pretty misleading title, large parts of America are most probably not discovered yet.
Joke aside, I've seen far worse titles than this one.
- deleted 12y ago[deleted]
- a1a 12y agoTo be fair it would really be misleading as he wasn't the one who "discovered" America. >>He was the first person to establish long and meaningful >>connection with the New World that would eventually tie >>Europe to the Americas, but it is a misconception that he >>was the first to “discover” America. http://sites.psu.edu/mmancini/2012/09/08/1-columbus-was-the-first-a-misconception/ http://sites.psu.edu/mmancini/2012/09/08/1-columbus-was-the-... Additional source: http://web.dsbn.edu.on.ca/~William.Randall@dsbn.edu.on.ca/FOV1-00141BFF/FOV1-00151235/Vikings%20%231.pdf http://web.dsbn.edu.on.ca/~William.Randall@dsbn.edu.on.ca/FO...
- kubiiii 12y agoConsider my post a alley oop assist ;)
- kamjam 12y agoTo be really fair, Columbus was searching for India when he first discovered America so I doubt he even knew what he had stumbled upon
- dragonwriter 12y agoIIRC, he continuously insisted that he had reached the ("East", as we now know them as a result of him being wrong) Indies, in fact.