How many people actually still believe Columbus discovered America? Archaeological records have shown the Vikings or Chinese.?
I am not counting the fact their were Indigenous people living on the Americas such as the Tribes, Aztecs, Mayans, Inca's.. they most likely crossed over during the Ice Age... modern day research has shown it is NOT Columbus but likely the Vikings or Chinese.... even a few others such as the Irish and Scots as well... what do you think stumbled upon the American Continent? I think either Vikings or Chinese..I know this is an ongoing debate today, but I am curious how many know it is NOT Columbus?
2016-01-02T09:47:00Z
Links http://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/chinese-beat-columbus.htm http://www.history.com/topics/exploration/exploration-of-north-america/videos/did-the-chinese-discover-america http://www.history.com/news/the-viking-explorer-who-beat-columbus-to-america just the one but there are many more. Surely the Vikings did NOT spread the word to the World, nor did Vikings keep good accounts of written records either but it does not mean they did not land 1st. Some good answers.
Needful Sinner2015-12-31T17:06:53Z
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"How many people actually still believe Columbus discovered America?"
He didn't, so hopefully not many.
"America" the country didn't exist then. "America" the continent, more specifically North America was first 'discovered' and settled by Paleo-Indians crossing the land bridge... then again 'discovered' and settled by Vikings. Columbus was long after both, even what we know as Thanksgiving was celebrated long before the world even knew what Pilgrims were.
"New evidence confirms second Viking outpost in North America 1,000 years ago" http://www.abroadintheyard.com/new-evidence-confirms-second-viking-outpost-in-north-america-1000-years-ago/
"Long before Europeans settled in North America, festivals of thanks and celebrations of harvest took place in Europe in the month of October. The very first Thanksgiving celebration in North America took place in Canada when Martin Frobisher, an explorer from England, arrived in Newfoundland in 1578. He wanted to give thanks for his safe arrival to the New World. That means the first Thanksgiving in Canada was celebrated 43 years before the pilgrims landed in Plymouth" http://www.kidzworld.com/article/2614-canadian-thanksgiving
A lot of people. There is hard evidence of the Vikings in Canada around 1000 AD. The Chinese? I'm not so sure. Columbus never even set foot on mainland north America. If he discovered anything it was the caribbean islands
I would Believe Irish Monks found the USA before i believe the Liar Murderer Columbus
caspian88 is wrong again john Cabot explored the USA his men went as far south as Maine and the British stayed
Cabot was in the USA whilst Columbus only landed in the Caribbean Using a Portuguese map
John Cabot (Italian: Giovanni Caboto, Venetian: Zuan Chabotto; c. 1450 – c. 1500) was an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is commonly held to have been the first European exploration of the mainland of North America Not Columbus
Very few I should think. However, don't forget that the Chinese did not discover America but were granted the franchise to open noodle parlours by Columbus and the Pope.
There is no actual statistic on how many people believe Columbus discovered America. But, it would be reasonable to assume that there are a substantial number.