Was it Columbus, or the native americans who discovered the "new world"?

Question

And if you believe it was the native americans, then do you think that they should allow natives who carry a Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood card (CDIB) get an extra 25% off on all columbus day sales across the country? Come on JC Penny!

Answer 1

The Native Americans beat Columbus by at least fifteen thousand years - but most of them aren't very interested in celebrating Columbus Day.

Answer 2

In the day and age when Columbus was sailing across the Atlantic, the Aboriginals were living their daily lives throughout what we call North America.
In the Europeans eyes way back in 1492, Columbus discovered the new land because until then, they were unaware of the existance.
If one goes a little farther back into history some say that the North American became populated by some northern tribes who had crossed the sea between Alaska and Russia...who knows....

Answer 3

I work at Penney's on the weekends, I've heard of no such thing.

Well is was surely someone before Columbus, huh? I mean...it's a bit hard to discover something when others already knew of it. Like claiming to invent the light bulb when it's already been done.


P.S. They are having big "Columbus Day" sales right now anyhow, so stop b*tching and go spend if you care about it so much.

Answer 4

It depends on whom you ask. Columbus opened the New World for the Spanish crown and the Pope. In Europe, that's the only thing that counted (at the time, anyway)...

Answer 5

The native Americans 'found it' first, but Columbus 'discovered' it. No discount applies!

Answer 6

Columbus brought news of it to Europe. He wasn't the first, but he was the first one they actually believed. The stories told by explorers from Europe who got here before him were thought of as possible, but not as concrete fact.

Answer 7

Actually neither ... its been here as long as the other continents...