[sparklite2]

I can dig it. It has always been a European conceit that Columbus discovered something. “Discovered” by Spaniards, maybe, or maybe not. The Vikings may have beat them to it. Besides, America was already populated. Could a tribe never in contact with modern civilization send out a native who lurched into Caracas claim to have discovered Caracas?

[hanamizu]

a European conceit that Columbus discovered something.

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I understand your point, but the fact is, virtually the entire world was effected by Columbus’s discovery (with the help of the printing press) while the Vikings’, not so much. Very few human endeavors have made such a world-wide impact. That said, had Columbus never lived, the Portuguese would discover America by accident eight years later.

[eyedigress]

Idiots will never understand Discovery.

It was a Discovery of a new land not corrupted by the old world. The Founders knew what they had and worked tirelessly to create the New World.

Now we have the LA Council and Antifa.