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The same place can be "discovered" by many people if they didn't know about it. In the case of North America, there were already people here, and several separate groups "discovered" America over the course of several centuries. Chinese mariners had landed in what is now California in the 1400s, and on the European side, both the Irish and the Vikings had made it to North America before Columbus did.
Columbus gets credit for sharing the word of his discoveries with the world, which no one before him had done.
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Why did Columbus sailed to North America?
he didnt sail to north america he never new it was there
Christopher Columbus discover America what year?
in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue" that is the little say'n I was told in school but that's all I got for ya.Columbus didnt discover America. He landed in the Bahamas, 30 yrs after the vikings arrived on mainland north America. America was already colonized my the spanish, monks, muslems, and native Americans. he is famous because he was just the first person to tell the king and queen, not because he discovered it.Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492!
Did Columbus find Asia by sailing west?
He never reached Asia. He accidentally discovered the Americas.
Where did christopher Columbus thought he had reached in 1492?
On christopher Columbus's 1st voyage he landed in the Americas which he thought was India
Did Christopher Columbus really discovery America?
Yes, Christopher Columbus discovered America and the Native Americans living on it. The above answer is partly wrong but I am going to put the correct answer below it and give some interesting facts..... When Columbus set sail across the world he went the wrong way. So, when he hit the piece of land that we know was a America (it wasnt called America back then) he actually thought it was India and so when he saw the black people living there (who were the native Americans) he called them the Indians which is why the native Americans are also known as the Red Indians. Columbus did only discover the Indians because he thought he had reached India and America didnt even exist back when he travelled. America was discovered when Europeans started to move there making the journey west and they called it 'America' and took over the land by driving the Indians away. People have been making mistakes for years thinking that Columbus discovered America when infact he had only discovered the people living upon it because as I just said he thought he was in the country India because he went the wrong way. I hope this has answered your question.
Why we shouldn't celebrate columbus day?
columbus day is consisered bad , because christopher columbus didnt really discover america. it already had civilization on it . in the pocess of "discovering" america he did capture and enslave inhabitants that where alrady there.
Did the people of Europe eat corn before Columbus came to America?
No, they may have been here before Columbus but the didnt discover corn in Europe until Christopher Columbus had came and the indians planted and farmed corn.
What did Chistopher Columbus discover?
Chistopher discovered new land called America. actually he didnt he found the island called the bahamas and then before him he actually didnt find it losts of other ppls found it before him
How did the king and queen feel about Christopher Columbus's expedition afterwards?
they were mad that they didnt discover it
Why did Columbus sailed to North America?
he didnt sail to north america he never new it was there
What influenced did Christopher Columbus have on the community?
he died he dicovered the America if he didnt then there wouldn't be a America history
Christopher Columbus discover America what year?
in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue" that is the little say'n I was told in school but that's all I got for ya.Columbus didnt discover America. He landed in the Bahamas, 30 yrs after the vikings arrived on mainland north America. America was already colonized my the spanish, monks, muslems, and native Americans. he is famous because he was just the first person to tell the king and queen, not because he discovered it.Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492!
Did Columbus find Asia by sailing west?
He never reached Asia. He accidentally discovered the Americas.
Where did christopher Columbus thought he had reached in 1492?
On christopher Columbus's 1st voyage he landed in the Americas which he thought was India
How did Columbus Know he was going the Right Way?
He Didnt Really know he just used compasses and maps
How did America lose the war?
America didnt really lose the war. It was never America's war to lose.
What year was Columbus first discovered US?
technically he didnt discover it. The vikings originally discovered the US after a failed voyage from Asia to England on a killing spree.
