2006-09-09 17:42:04 · 7 answers · asked by dirtyoldman 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
mt. everest...
2006-09-09 17:44:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you mean "first seen by white guys?" The Nepalese have been living next to Everest for well over 9,000 years. And they knew it was the highest in their neighborhood. If you buy into Leakey's African genesis, the highest mountain in the world would have been Kilimanjaro (19,335.6 feet) as the early humans migrated out of the vicinity of Olduvai gorge. Then Godwin Austin, Kanchenjunga and Everest in whatever order they fall, as our ancestors moved East.
2006-09-09 18:12:31 · answer #2 · answered by pytiii 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mount Kanchenjunga (1847) was the highest mountain known until the discovery of Everest.
2006-09-09 17:46:55 · answer #3 · answered by nymischief 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um ... Mt. Everest was the tallest, whether it had been discovered, or measured, or anything else.
This presumes your talking about mountains on Earth, of course. There's a much larger one on Mars.
2006-09-09 17:49:16 · answer #4 · answered by SteveMc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Science can offer no factual answer as the earth has been around for such a LONG time, that mountains have come and gone throughout earth's history.
2006-09-09 22:00:42 · answer #5 · answered by MrZ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They all knew the tallest were in that area
2006-09-09 17:44:54 · answer #6 · answered by Freddy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Matterhorn in Europe...America had not been discovered yet
2006-09-09 17:44:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋