No [insert] did not discover America

    by laybs1

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    1. sanguinesvirus on

      And then you have the guy that thought the Aztecs (yes aztecs not the maya or an older culture) sailed across the Atlantic to teach the egyptians and greeks culture. Oh and that this interaction is where the concept of the Christian God came from

    2. Worried_Onion4208 on

      They kinda knew there were things but there were no maps of it, this is what explorers like Columbus brought back, maps.

    3. NoWingedHussarsToday on

      I notice you didn’t refute claims Poles discovered Americas. Very curious omission………

    4. Impressive-Panda527 on

      Columbus may not have discovered America but it’s hard to against his expeditions to the Americas being one of, if not the most consequential

    5. Irish makes sense, in the context of being part of the Scandinavian voyages to Newfoundland and possibly Nova Scotia, often as thralls.

    6. I think it’s possible that living Japanese blown off course made it pre-1492. It’s also possible that Polynesians discovered mainland America, as evidenced by the spread of the sweet potato to pacific islands. Finally, while unlikely, it’s not completely out of the realm of possibility that Chinese explorers like Zheng He made it as well. Anything else is highly unlikely to essentially impossible.

    7. There’s actually a pretty high chance that a nonzero amount of Japanese fishermen throughout history would’ve been washed off course enough by particularly strong ocean currents to end up on the inhabited west coast of America. We can guess this because it’s happened in modern times. Thing is once they were there, there would be no way for them to get back and they’d basically fade into obscurity if they survived long at all, so not sure it counts but interesting to think about.

    8. welltechnically7 on

      It’s actually not unlikely that people from China did land in the Americas, but they also never made it back and China had had no idea that anything was there.

    9. I really enjoyed the recent lore lodge video about the “Moon Eyed” native Americans. Or the Welsh native Americans. Was a really interesting video. Is it true, maybe, somewhat probable but likely no.

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