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Old 01-23-2015, 04:05 PM   #114
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Originally Posted by Rausch View Post
The problem with this is only 400 years (give or take) we thought it was impossible to circle the globe. Going from Europe to the Americas was a months long and life threatening journey.
That opens up a whole 'nother topic: the possibility that Columbus had maps referencing North America and was knowingly traveling here, rather than looking for a route to the far east as the story goes. In any case, I think it's pretty much a foregone conclusion at this point that he didn't "discover" the Americas. A number of different people likely made it here, both from Europe and from Asia, and they may have actively traded materials from this continent (namely copper and tobacco) all around the world. Hell, there's even increasing evidence that very ancient peoples (read: before christ) traveled here, and were capable of circumnavigating the globe.

Not to dispute your larger point about scientific understanding changing over time, of course. I agree with you...
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