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Originally Posted by nututv
Not when I was attending. Columbus discovered America in 1492. After the Indians, Vikings and most likely a few others. lol
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Columbus didn't discover what North Americans mean when they claim he discovered America at all. Not in 1492 or at any other time, not before or after anyone else.
Columbus's first voyage brought him to the Bahamas, Hispanola, and Cuba.
His second voyage was Cuba and Hispanola.
His third was to the southeastern edge of Hispanola and the northeastern edge of South America, and Trinidad.
On his fourth and final voyage, Columbus came as close as he ever would to North America, skirting around Puerto Rico to Jamaica and to the coast of Central America, visiting Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica before finally turning back to Spain.
He never docked, dropped anchor, or set foot on the North American continent.