So a Chinese Muslim eunuch discovered the America's??

[krcat1]

The important thing was not discovering America, but staying once you found it.

If the Chinese did find America before Columbus, then the larger number of Chinese explorers should have spread the illness that the Europeans did.

The Viking landed in America, but the people already there handed the Viking their tailends. It wasn't disease kill the natives that the European stayed.

 

[cyclohexane]

well, zheng-he did sail to much of the pacific rim and this has been well documented. Sucks to be the guy who sold the map for $500, nows it's probably worth 1000 times that value.

 

[StormRider]

Originally posted by: StormRider
I just can't imagine sailing such a great distance in those early days of exploration. It must take a lot of balls to do that!

I'm disappointed in you guys. I left an opening for a witty comment and no one took it!

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: SportSC4
Didn't Vikings make it here way before that AND there were remnants of there civilization? if 30,000 people occupied a place on this side of the ocean, i think we would have found it.

Yeah, I always thought that the Vikings arrived in (what is now) Canada some time around 1000AD.

yes, in Newfoundland and Labrador.

This is very well documented and here is a link:

http://www.wordplay.com/tourism/viking.html

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: krcat1
The important thing was not discovering America, but staying once you found it.

If the Chinese did find America before Columbus, then the larger number of Chinese explorers should have spread the illness that the Europeans did.

The Viking landed in America, but the people already there handed the Viking their tailends. It wasn't disease kill the natives that the European stayed.

😕

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: StormRider

Originally posted by: StormRider
I just can't imagine sailing such a great distance in those early days of exploration. It must take a lot of balls to do that!

I'm disappointed in you guys. I left an opening for a witty comment and no one took it!

i would have but i thought your post was a self-contained witty comment

 

[RCN]

and it was probably "discovered" many times before that.

Probably a fake though.

 

[mackle]

They just want to have the "First" for everything.

 

[0roo0roo]

yup, the vikings came too few, and were pwned by the bloodthirsty indians🙂

 

[Conky]

I don't know how anyone can "discover" an already occupied land. It seems sort of retarded to give any one credit for that, lol.

 

[sisq0kidd]

Originally posted by: Crazyfool
I don't know how anyone can "discover" an already occupied land. It seems sort of retarded to give any one credit for that, lol.

Agreed.

It should be a question of who invaded first.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Crazyfool
I don't know how anyone can "discover" an already occupied land. It seems sort of retarded to give any one credit for that, lol.

well..the civilized world atleast the part that mattered didn't know😉 thats why they can discover it

 

[RCN]

Originally posted by: sisq0kidd

Originally posted by: Crazyfool
I don't know how anyone can "discover" an already occupied land. It seems sort of retarded to give any one credit for that, lol.

Agreed.

It should be a question of who invaded first.

So the "Native Americans"? Those evil bastards...... bringing war and disease to the original inhabitants of the Americas.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: RCN

Originally posted by: sisq0kidd

Originally posted by: Crazyfool
I don't know how anyone can "discover" an already occupied land. It seems sort of retarded to give any one credit for that, lol.

Agreed.

It should be a question of who invaded first.

So the "Native Americans"? Those evil bastards...... bringing war and disease to the original inhabitants of the Americas.

heh, well the "natives" fled from africa and slaughtered all the yummy giant mammals of the americas. no more giant sloth..giant bears mamoths or whatever. they ate their way through america.

 

[RCN]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: RCN

Originally posted by: sisq0kidd

Originally posted by: Crazyfool
I don't know how anyone can "discover" an already occupied land. It seems sort of retarded to give any one credit for that, lol.

Agreed.

It should be a question of who invaded first.

So the "Native Americans"? Those evil bastards...... bringing war and disease to the original inhabitants of the Americas.

heh, well the "natives" fled from africa and slaughtered all the yummy giant mammals of the americas. no more giant sloth..giant bears mamoths or whatever. they ate their way through america.

I wasn't going that far back. I was thinking more like this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/430944.stm

and most likely a few other settled peoples who were likely killed off by the "Native Amaricans".

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: RCN

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: RCN

Originally posted by: sisq0kidd

Originally posted by: Crazyfool
I don't know how anyone can "discover" an already occupied land. It seems sort of retarded to give any one credit for that, lol.

Agreed.

It should be a question of who invaded first.

So the "Native Americans"? Those evil bastards...... bringing war and disease to the original inhabitants of the Americas.

heh, well the "natives" fled from africa and slaughtered all the yummy giant mammals of the americas. no more giant sloth..giant bears mamoths or whatever. they ate their way through america.

I wasn't going that far back. I was thinking more like this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/430944.stm

and most likely a few other settled peoples who were likely killed off by the "Native Amaricans".

not surprised at all. and not something native americans really want to look into these days.