Who is historically believed to have discovered America?
Correct answer: Columbus
Hoplea
You can't discover something where people are already living. That's like walking into someone house and saying you "found it"..
FakeApparition13170
Player #174995, I'm also confused,where did the indians come from? They had already discovered the land.Why do they not count???
Player #107518
lief erikson viking
Bjach
Aliens- Columbus was an alien to the Indians...
BrownIdol37858
elfcouncel, it says who was historically believed to discover America, not who actually discovered it.
MoodyChef92025
how do discover a place were other people already lived
Sindaryn
Actually Bjarni Herjólfsson best Colombo Tobit by some 500 years. It’s not only believed, but a proven fact that the Vikings were the first non American natives to know about its existence.
brewofqi
Native Americans discovered America & lived here for thousands of yrs before the Vikings came. Then Columbus arrived way later
RandomTrader5205
ObstinateCadet56085
it was new for the Spaniards! no one said Columbus CREATED or PRODUCED it!
Ahlaura
ObstinateCadet56085, actually the vikings were here firsy
Kiwi
he didn't discover anything! he was a rapist and murderer
antzuzu
People had already walked/ migrated from South America and across and down from Russia ... not to mention over from Scandinavia. Columbus' discovery is a white man's "history "
Surfrat
History is full of lies.
Andrew
Lol Columbus found the native
Indians in the Americas, so he
didn't nothing
akeem
And Millions of aborigines American had to die for Colombus discovery
Sheriffe
How about " confirmed the existence of a previously uncharted land " ?
Melode
I AGREE WITH HOPLEA. SOME SAY THE VIKINGS FOUND AMERICA FIRST HUNDREDS OF YErs before Columbus. BUT HOW DO THEY ACCOUNT FOR ASIANS WHO CAME HERE WAY BEFORE THAT?
Foncilla
Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas and never set 1 foot on the North American continent but rather Haiti and Puerto Rico
HRR
FakeApparition13170, when there were Indians already there, it amounted it is part of India only,, then why they are called americans??!!!!USA is also extended off-shore Indian territory
Nesian
Hoplea, that's true, but though there were people already living in America, it was unknown to the world. Meaning no other living soul know it exists, aside from the people living America. That's what it means Columbus discovered her (America).
Player #18683122
Hoplea, you're so right!
Rick-N-Bacher
Hoplea, the first European to officially discover it. not counting the Vikings
Ebbiiee
RandomTrader5205, or discovered it. okay
DawnyC
Blooply, Columbus was on his way to India, but came across America and that’s why he name the native Americans “red Indians”
b. meemrot
Hoplea, true said.100% agree..
AliTob
Some hilarious comments on here... "the question asks who historically discovered it, not who actually discovered it". Er.... what, now? Do we understand the meaning of the word history? Confusion in the original question too, when it says "the rest is history". Well I mean, surely the bit before that was kinda history too! And that's not even touching the basic flawed premise of the question.
Mama Crow
Well, Columbus's discovery is what opened Europe's eyes to the "New World." But, Columbus was certainly not the first European to make landfall in the Americas.
charlesfskane
Discovered, like I discovered a restaurant on the other side of town.
Player #24568252
In the year 1492 when Columbus landed on a small island in the West Indies, the land was inhabited by Carib Indians. The Caribs named the land Waitikibuli. Columbus changed it to Dominica because he landed there on a Sunday. It was said Columbus did not discovered he plundered and killed.
Uninitialized
Hoplea, well said! it's know understood that humans, from northern Europe, crossed to the North American continent...they had ice their journey. Bloody cold though.....
Wolf
FakeApparition13170, I really think the same
Handsome
they use smallpox in mexico murderers
Handsome
just like what they did to other country. yeah
Handsome
fooling the natives. eww
Handsome
yeah you right. there thieves
Player #27741749
Hoplea, well apparently it was unknown to almost ALL of Europe
Puppy lover!!
You can't 'discover' something when people have already lived there for thousands of years. Thats like saying someone is walking around you neighborhood and saying they discovered it.
Player Irish Robespi
Amerigo vespucci, hence the name
Goodbye Moonmen
Tiggsmeister 43, So my daughter discovered Britain at 4 years of age. She should be credited for that.
Nanabecca265
Wow i haven't seen a question spark so much debate. Can't wait to see a JFK assassination question, second gunman grassy knoll et al