TIL there is a theory that Columbus' Navigator, William Harris AKA Guillermo Herries, an Irishman from Galway, had actually sailed to the Americas before 1492.
TIL there is a theory that Columbus' Navigator, William Harris AKA Guillermo Herries, an Irishman from Galway, had actually sailed to the Americas before 1492.
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Don't we already have evidence that the Vikings got to America first?
Yes. People already existed here, the Vikings visited first (and most say the Irish too), Columbus didn't "discover" shit. Only thing he did was rape, pillage, and enslave. And we have a holiday dedicated to him...
And as incredible as it may sound, all of that pales in comparison to the diseases they brought and spread.
And we have a holiday dedicated to him…
It's a running theme in our species: memorializing awful people for the sake of tradition.
Columbus didn't "discover" shit.
Prior to 1492 the Americas were populated by people completely unaware of their own existence.
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Yes, Vikings were the first Europeans that we know of; and China was the first of the Old World.
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