Perhaps we are only discussin which European discovered the Americas? That
seems fair.

While it is hard to find this fact in most European or even American history
books there were already civilizations, tribes and nations of people living,
loving and killing each other here for 10,000 years or more
before the Europeans sailed over in their boats and dropped off settlers,
trinkets, beads, Christianity, gun powder and blankets laced with small pox
virus.

Another little known fact: Columbus discovered orchids would grow on Horse
Hockey chips while on his second journey to the East Indies to pick up more
of the spices and savages craved by his patrons in the civilized world.

Who writes these history books anyway?

"Bolero" wrote in message
u...
I am starting to really enjoy this thread.

It's all very interesting who actually discovered america. It's clear
that
Columbus wasn't the one.

Just like Captain Cook wasn't the first to discover Australian, apparently
if the Spanish or Portugese had worked out how great this place is I could
be typing this out in a new language.......;-)


"Ted Byers" wrote in message
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"Geir Harris Hedemark" wrote in message
...
"Boystrup Pb, ann,..." writes:
If we want to go into detail than colombus wasn't the first to
arrive.
The
vikings got there a lot earlier.

Yes, but we norwegians are not a very literate people, with a few
notable exceptions. If you don't write things down, they haven't
happened.

But your adventures in North America a thousand years ago WERE written
down
in several Icelandic sagas. By that time, there were Christian priests
throughout most of the Norse world, and while the Icelandic sagas
started
as
oral traditions, they were written down by some of these priests during
the
eleventh and twelfth centuries.

Cheers,

Ted