When exactly was America discovered? And what were news headlines like?

Answer 1

October 12,1492
COLUMBUS DISCOVERS RICH UNCHARTED LAND!
It seems that King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella scored a slam dunk when they agreed to sponsor Columbus on his voyage to Asia. During his journey, his caravels unexpectedly came across another continent.
Although this land appears to be already occupied by native, hospitable people, we are well prepared to conquer, occupy, populate and exploit this land and assimilate new people. This is to become the new frontier-land for those people used to its ways and with military, diplomats and administrative arms at Spain's disposal to face the challenge.

Answer 2

Christopher Columbus (Spain/Italy) certainly paved the way for the "europeanisation" of the Americas but never actually set foot on the mainland, only on some of the islands in the Caribbean.
There are stories about Vikings (Norway/Sweden/Denmark) having sailed this far and we know they certainly got as far as Greenland so it isn't inconceivable that they went the extra mile.
Older less substantial accounts of Saint Brendan (Ireland) claim that he made an epic voyage in a covered boat all the way to America.
A new theory [Solutrean hypothesis] claims that the remarkable similarities in the way stone tools were made by Native Americans in the southeastern United States that it could only come about from direct contact with stone-age man in Europe (France).
But ultimately the original Americans were most probably Siberian (RUSSIA) !!!
And as for the headlines - paper wasn't invented until around the 2nd or 1st century B.C. (China) and movable type printing wasn't invented until over 1000 years later (China). So the discovery was old news by then.
Check out the links below, they make very interesting reading.

Answer 3

What is that poem?

Across the sea, across the sea
In 1492,
Columbus sailed, Columbus sailed
with 3 ships and a crew.

The 'discovery' of America, was actually quite an accident. Isabella of Spain funded a mission to India to buy spices for Spain, giving Colombus the chance to sail. The reason for this mission was that rotten meat could still be cooked and eaten, but it still tasted horrible. Back then, ye old folks did not have refrigerators and if the meat from animals was not immediately cooked, it rotted very quickly. People wanted and needed spices to be able to eat and digest it without getting sick from the smell and taste.

There are many myths and legends about Colombus, having to prove that the world was 'round', etc. I don't understand how his mission could have been so convoluded but, alas....the trip was made.

Colombus thought they could cut the trip to India short by not having to sail around Africa, if they went the opposite way, Colombus and his 3 ships, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria, would get to India more quickly and possibly avoid tariffs and dangerous conditions.

Instead, they came to the Americas. They believed, however, that they were in India. Hence the branding of Native Americans, Indians. Eventually, they realized the error, but were able to see how the Native American's lived. America was actually named by Colombus' friend, Amerigo Vespuci, who was better admired by Isabella and Ferdinand than Colombus. The Native Americans at first were eager to meet their new white-skinned travelers. They traded goods, such as seeds for vegetables only previously grown in America, and jewels, and precious metals. Unfortunately, their kindness was later to be repaid by the raping and pillaging of their lands, their eco-system and by tribe-ravaging diseases, but that's another story.

Headlines would have probably read in Spanish, and would have been heralded by town criers and there might have been great rejoicing by the people. Queen Isabella had to sell off some of her jewels to fund the mission to "India" and she had probably better wanted the spices, not strange vegetables from an unknown land. The prospect for gold and jewels would have raised her spirits some. Some considered it a success, and others did not. I believe that Colombus made 4-6 trips to America in its entirety.

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

When you speak of the discovery of America, it typically means the discovery of America by Europeans during the 15th century. Yes, Vikings did visit the American continent and Native Americans migrated millenia previously, however, by "discovery" we (and whether or not this is a good distinction is quite debatable) mean discovery by our own ancestors.

When Colombus discovered America, the printing press was just in its infancy and the headlines weren't too abuzz for the common people -- although rulers of nations such as Spain and Britain quickly capitalized on the opportunity to make money with this new land. America was popularized by its namesake, Amerigo Vespucci, who was a pornographer. Yes, a pornographer in a type before printed images. Amerigo printed books about the sex lives and habits of Native Americans which were best-sellers in literate Europe. This is when common people started to hear about America for the first time -- and it was named after its popularizer, a pornographer.

Answer 5

The vikings arrived to America circa 1,000 AD but like after the arrival of the first human tribes but the general public didn't know about it so America remained a secret.

Christopher Columbus arrived to America on Oct.12 1492 but he believed until his death that he had arrived to islands in the East Indies, it still was not considered to be a new continent.

It wasn't until 1504 when Italian explorer and map maker, Amerigo Vespucci came to the conclusion that this was an entirely new continent. In 1507 the first map of the continent was published bearing the name of America... after Vespucci's conclusions.

Answer 6

the story that america was "discovered" is actually a myth. "they were going to japan and bumped into a gigantic continent that stretches accross half of the longitude of the earth.. oops!" does that sound realistic to you? they knew it was there years before the likes of christopher columbus and the whatnot.. it was just a victorian myth that it was discovered recently and accidentally (like the myth that we used to think the world was flat - dating back thousands of years, the ancient greeks knew the world is spherical.) we cant be sure when anyone discovered america.. and we certainly cant be sure what the headlines were like.. if there even were any! chances are, some people landed on it and werent able to get back long before some one landed on it and was able to return.

merry christmas!

Answer 7

Nobody "discovered" America. The Natives were already living here and had their own land and way of life, then the European explorers came and said, "Hey, we discovered this!"

That's like me walking into your house and saying, "Hey! Look what I just discovered!" I didn't REALLY discover anything because you live there already. That doesn't give me the right to call it a discover, claim it as mine, slaughter your family, and kick the survivors out so they can live on a microscopic area of land.

The "discovery" of America is a joke. Psh.

Answer 8

I believe the Native Americans were among the first to discover it and they did so every morning when they woke up.

News headlines were mostly smokey

Answer 9

after the Native American Ancestors came there were rumors that the Chinese discovered America before the Vikings, the Vikings before Columbus, Columbus before the rest of the world.

Answer 10

Stina is correct the discovery of America question is typically euro centric in its conception. More to the point what would people say if they "discovered" it now. Especially if they landed around New Orleans