How many people actually still believe Columbus discovered America? Archaeological records have shown the Vikings or Chinese.?

"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-confir...

"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-tha...

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.

Christopher Columbus did not "discover" the United States. First Nations people were hear before.

The V ikings made little impression on America and don't seem to have stayed long, nor did they impart much information about america to Europe. Columbus is signficiant because his voyage was the beginning of the exploration and settling of America by Europeans. previous visitors had liittle impact and left no records of their experiences.

I don't know but I have heard about the Vikings in Newfoundland and also the Chinese on the west coast of North and South American. Sure gives something to think about. I find it very interesting.

And lets not forget St Brendan in his Leather boat who sailed over to America hundreds of years before Christobal Colon(aka Christopher Columbus) was even born.

There is even a story in Wales that a Welsh prince, perhaps of Viking origin, landed in North America in the 8th century. He and most of his band were said to have been assimilated by the native Americans.