+537 Christopher Colombus didn't really discover America first; he takes all of Leif Erichsen's credit. I feel cheated out of an occasion to dress up like a viking, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It was actually Magellan.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

no, magellan was the first to circumnavigate the world, NOT find america

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Happy Leif Erichsen day! YAHINGER-DINGER-DORGEN!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Aww i was gonna make a spongebob reference!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Columbus found newfoundland which is in canada so i don't kno what ure complaining about that he found america

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Canada is a place in America. Colombus is said to have discovered America, not the Untied States of America.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

...Columbus "found" the Caribbean area. Not Newfoundland.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That WOULD be fun, but so is staying home from school.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There is evidence that says it is likely Africans first discovered the Americas (by boat) tens of thousands of years before leif or magellan

by Anonymous 13 years ago

So, did the people who lived here when Erikson showed up not know that they lived someplace? I do believe the native Americans were here first...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I thought Leif Erickson found Iceland...?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

He was born on Iceland, with norwegian parents.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Really?! I thought he was born in Norway and was banished and then discovered Iceland...?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

LEIF ERICKSON DAY IS OCTOBER 9TH I WORE A VIKING HAT TO SCHOOL TO CELEBRATE :D

by Anonymous 13 years ago

wait, so what about Amerigo Vespucci?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

A merigo made the first map... America wasnt discovered, people already lived there when the first europeans arrived.

by Anonymous 13 years ago