Did columbus really discover america i say no?

actual he discovered cuba which is off the coast of america also i am 13 wjat i think i think he just colnize cuba and other foreiners came and discover please give me your view
Did columbus really discover america i say no?
When he arrived there were already people there right? So technically he did not. The indians did......!
Did columbus really discover america i say no?
no. amerigo vespucci
Reply:Columbus didn't discover America because it wasn't lost.
Reply:You cant discover something when some already discovered it. Columbus was lost anyways and thought he was in Asia. Silly fool he was...
Reply:THE NATIVE AMERICANS DID
Reply:NO the chinese were here first the spaniard found some artifacts of the coast of California that were originally from China. So to answer your questions the first one to come to America were the orientals.
Reply:no, leif erikson did!
Reply:Columbus discovered America for the people in Europe but the Indians(Native Americans) were here first and traveled from Asia(supposedly)so you are partly right and partially not it is just how you look at the question and how deep you go into it.
Reply:The island of Cuba is part of the geographical land mass that is North America.





But why all the subjectivity over the word "discovery"? Yes natives where already here; that doesn't mean it wasn't a discovery. If I found gold at the end of a rainbow it would still be a discovery despite leprechans being there first.
Reply:Columbus actually landed on the Eastern coast of the Dominican Republic. The city of Santo Domingo most likely. It is nicknamed the First City of the New World and is rumored to house the body of Columbus in a museum (Spain also says they have the body though)
Reply:There are several claimants for the discovery of America; Columbus, Leif Erikson, and Native American Indians. The answer depends on what you are really asking about. Did you mean, "Who was here in America first?" Or did you mean, "Who was the first European to find America?" Or was the question really "Which explorer journeyed to America and opened the way for colonization?" Here is a link to a homeschool lesson that lists several different sites about the discovery of America so that you can research the different claims and decide for yourself:
Reply:Columbus landed on America by accident , he thought he was in India which is why the natives were called indians.





Columbus was a fool and a very ordinary sailor and the only legacy he and his crew bought to the inhabitants was syphillus, ghonnorhea, pox, measles and several other diseases.





Columbus did more harm to the local population by intermingling than if he had shot them (thay did that as well)





The Vikings, The Knights templars and others had been to America long before Columbus.





He did NOT discover America , that is the sanatised white bread version of history , he accidentally landed on the continent and devastated the local population , that is the real version.





He bought nothing of value and took away a lot.
Reply:- The Americas is all of the western hemisphere, so that point is wrong.


- Columbus mostly landed at Hispanola, which is now Dominican Republic and Hait. He touched down at other islands on his other trips.


- He died not long long after his last trip, so he really didn't get into the colonizing end of things.


- Indigenous peoples "discovered" the Americas, not Europeans
Reply:well.. the indians were the first people to come to america, followed by the vikings ( who actually "discovered" america), there is also evidence that the chinese were on the west coast o mexico during the early 1400's. So my answer is no, colombus did not actually discover america, there were many here before he was even born.

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