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Posted by Raven Rosset on :
ya, Amerigo da vespucci.....
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
*wonders how many people think Columbus actually landed someplace in the current US* He never made it out of the West Indies, actually. That's probably why America wasn't names after him. But what I want to know is how he got to be so famous, when there were so many others who got here before and after him (not counting the Asians that came across the Bering Strait thousands of years ago; if we counted them, we'd never find a name ot use!). The first European to reach mainland America (so far as we know) was actually Leif Eriksson, back around AD 1000. His father was Erik the Red, perpetrator of the greatest real estate scam of all time (he gave Greenland its name to get people to move there, despite the fact that there was little, if anything, "green" about it). :-)
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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
When I was little, it wasn't common knowleage the Ericson had been here. I remember hearing about him sometime in my first six years of school. Columbus was a slaver, and deserves to be forgotten.
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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :
Pleh! The West Indies are part of America...
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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Well, yes, I know that. My point was that he never even saw the mainland.
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Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :
If so then the greatest restaurant of my former area would be called "Cristopher on the Wharf." I think "Americus on the Wharf" sounds better anyway.
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Posted by HMS White Star (Member # 174) on :
Actually He landed in South America (I believe in his 3 voyage) and in central America in his four voyage. So there he did see mainland Ha, Ha.
to Kosh: That really isn't fair saying he is a slaver, it was an extremely common pratice back then, there really wasn't any reason to think slavery bad back then, even the Bible didn't forbid it. I it would be like a person from the that time saying to you, "Your a bather" , not that it's not a good thing, but it would carry the same stigma back then. You are a bather right? LOL
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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
He did? *checks the encyclopedia* Oh, crap, he did... *glares at White Star* Don't make me smite you...
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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
LMAO!
At least when I have to go out in public!
I don't like Columbus Ohio, either!!
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Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :
Don't say that to the people I live with. They love Columbus. I haven't seen much of it, wouldn't care to since it's the home of OSU
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, not that it's not a good thing, but it would carry the same stigma back then. You are a bather right? 