Who Discovered America?
“Who discovered America? There's no simple answer. Was it Christopher Columbus, who stumbled upon America in 1492 while looking for a western route to the Indies? Or was it the Vikings who settled briefly on the coast of Newfoundland hundreds of years before him, and left ruins to prove it?...”
“Who discovered America? There's no simple answer. Was it Christopher Columbus, who stumbled upon America in 1492 while looking for a western route to the Indies? Or was it the Vikings who settled briefly on the coast of Newfoundland hundreds of years before him, and left ruins to prove it? Explorers from Portugal, China, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and elsewhere can also stake claims. This book explores these questions and other mysteries of the early history of the double continent.”
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