To: mhking
I always wondered how anybody could consider Columbus, or anybody else from Europe, "discovering" the Americas when roughly 20 million people already lived here and had for a dozen centuries...
To: Thermalseeker
After they immigrated from Asia.
To: Thermalseeker
This guy preceded the Asian immigrants by several centuries.
19 posted on
10/22/2003 7:09:24 AM PDT by
ASA Vet
(People have the governement they deserve.)
To: Thermalseeker
I always wondered how anybody could consider Columbus, or anybody else This is not a problem. The people here did not know they were in the future America or New World. Did they refer to themselves as Native Americans or American Indians or in any way indicate they knew what this land was to become? America therefore did not exist except in fable until Columbus discovered it.
37 posted on
10/22/2003 10:23:48 AM PDT by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: Thermalseeker
“I always wondered how anybody could consider Columbus, or anybody else from Europe, “discovering” the Americas when roughly 20 million people already lived here and had for a dozen centuries...”
Come on! The Americas were unknown to the rest of the “civilized” world. It was discovered in that sense by either Columbus or the Vikings.
57 posted on
12/27/2014 2:04:04 PM PST by
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
(Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
To: Thermalseeker
It’s the status quo of Euro-centric history.
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