Discovery of America not what you were taught

wnd.com ^ | 5/12/2015 | Bill Fererer

[rktman]

Some forty years after Muslim Turks conquered Constantinople on May 29, 1453, and cut off the land routes to India and China, Columbus proposed a sea route.

Columbus took four voyages:

First, he discovered land, 1492-93 Second, he encountered a hurricane, malaria and cannibals, 1493-1496 Third, he faced rebellion and arrest, 1498-1500 Fourth, he was shipwrecked on Jamaica for a year, after surviving another hurricane and exploring Panama, 1502-1504.

[rktman]

For those that didn't know or forgot, a little reminder of the bravery of this explorer. Good to share with those that are being taught that Columbus landed in NYC. :>} Unless they're being taught how evil he was for bringing europe to the new world causing the deaths of millions.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[knarf]

Interesting ... and I never knew, also

[mad_as_he$$]

Columbus never saw the mainland of North America. The Vikings and the Templars were first by many decades over Columbus. I am waiting for some further evidence but a case can be made that he Phoenicians beat them all by millenniums.

[alloysteel]

Elections have consequences, some vastly more far-reaching than others.

The people of Constantinople “elected” to cede control of the city and thus the land routes to the Far East to the Islamic powers, while at the same time Spain “elected” to take control of the Iberian Peninsula back from the Islamic powers.

Admittedly, the way “elections” were carried out in those days involved a lot of mayhem and dying, but sometimes change is not so easy.

Sort of like Baltimore in the 21st Century.

[rktman]

Awesome graphic. But I still don’t see a trace running to NYC. :>}

[Rusty0604]

Are they really teaching that Columbus landed on what is now U.S.?

[arthurus]

Colubus saw Panama and Columbia. Many probably preceded him. Commerce between North America and Europe was probably routine with the copper mines by the Great Lakes throughout the Bronze age and petered out when Iron supplanted bronze. Columbus is the one who is significant for the modern world. One can accurately say that were it not he then another would have done it very shortly, but he is the one who made the trip and who publicized that he had done it.

[ForYourChildren]

“a case can be made that he Phoenicians beat them all by millenniums.”

I am of the same mindset.

[gattaca]

later

[pacific_waters]

Whether or not Columbus was the first or never set foot on the NA continent is irrelevant. His voyages ushered in the rush to the New World. Once the Spaniards set foot in the Carribbean every European power ha to stake a claim to land in the New World. Columbus paved the way for every European conqueror and settler that followed.

[pacific_waters]

No one teaches that he landed in NYC.

[RightGeek]

The Spanish settlers felt Columbus misrepresented the new world “paradise,” especially after they encountered a hurricane, malaria and Carib natives, who reportedly emasculated, sodomized and cannibalized peaceful Arawak natives

There goes the peaceful Indians meme.

[arthurus]

Columbus: the Four Voyages

I actually found this at a Goodwill and decided to read it. I am a member of K of C and decided that I ought to learn a bit more about the fellow than I had learned in school.

[rktman]

I certainly hope not. More likely that he brought disease and death to the natives and is therefor evil. Well, if the mention him at all.

[rktman]

LOL! Guess I shoulda done the old “/s” for clarification.

[Polynikes]

“I am waiting for some further evidence but a case can be made that he Phoenicians beat them all by millenniums.”

Would that be because some Egyptian mummies tested positive for nicotine and cocaine.? Ahh them wascally Phoenicians. Whats a Pharaoh to do to relax after those pesky Hebrews take off in the middle of a job and they trash the country before they leave.

[BluH2o]

Sailed the Atlantic from Martha's Vineyard, MA to Gibraltar via the Azores on a 15 meter yacht several years ago. The Azores (a two week passage) were very interesting ... I also learned that Portuguese fishermen discovered them around 1425. The Portuguese were thought to be fishing the Grand Banks (near Newfoundland) at the time and stopped in the Azores to prepare their fish for transport back to Portugal. This before they established a permanent settlement. My point ... this was some 65 years before Columbus set off on his initial voyage of discovery in 1492. So it was a safe bet that Columbus wasn't going to sail off the edge of the earth ...

[onedoug]

Those earlier however, never documented these “discoveries” within their societies.

“...there’s the rub.”

[afraidfortherepublic]

But, but, but -- I saw his flagship, the Santa Maria, in Columbus, OH!