Who discovered America???When????

Question: Who discovered America!?!?!?When!?!?!?!?
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Are you talking about America as in the "mainland" or are you talking about the "new world"

New World- Columbus discovered the "Americas" /New World in 1492

Amerigo Vespucci discovered the American landmass in 1497Www@QuestionHome@Com

Chuck Norris discovered the New World in 234,455 BCE!. OK now joking apart:

Solutrean hypothesis suggests that the first people to get to the continent were members of Solutrean culture from modern day France!.!.!.!.these Upper Paleolithic peoples could have crossed the Atlantic some time 20,000 years ago, when it was still frozen!.
Solutrean-looking spearpoints have been found in America and the genus research also proved the presence of pre-Columbian European genes!.

About 15,000 years ago, asiatic peoples crossed the Bering land bridge!.

Leif Eireksson reached the Newfoundland in 1003!. Some suggest that Norsemen continued into the mainland and remained until 14th century!.

In 1421, Admiral Zheng He discovered America as well as the Northern Passage!.!.!.!.and Australia etcetc!.!.!.The Mings tried to scramble this and ordered to burn all the evidence!. They had some kind of economical reasons, but I don't remember why they did so!.

ONLY NOW:!.!.!.Christopher Columbus discovered the West Indies!.

There are some theories about Romans, Phoenicians, Africans and many other peoples/ethncities to have made pre-Columbian discovery!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

really the Asiatic peoples who became Native Americans where for sure the first, then you could throw in the Norse expeditions to North America, starting with Bjarni Herjolfsson in 986 but Columbus was the most important, because, unlike the others, Columbus inaugurated permanent large scale two-way commerce between the Old World and the NewWww@QuestionHome@Com

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Those of us who have read about the Sung Document and how Chinese Muslim Sailors first discovered American in 1178 would be astounded that such history wasn’t included in American text books!. Yet it is more conclusive that a traveler by the name of Zheng He discovered America 71 years before Columbus!. If America was discovered by Muslims then it has shown little impact on how the country developed!. However it is important for historical sake to understand what the Sung document is and when Zheng He imparted on his great expedition!.

The Sung Document is the work of a Chinese author Circa in the year of 1178!. It describes how Muslim sailors discovered a region they termed “Mu-Lan-Pi”!. Mu-Lan-Pi is believe by many Muslims to be America discovered many hundreds of years before Columbus had even set out towards the West!.

The second indication that Muslims discovered America was through Zheng He a Muslim explorer would prepare for his voyages by recruiting in the provinces of Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang in order to select the best Muslim sailors!. Then Zheng He would travel to the province of Quazhou and pray at the local mosque for a safe and successful journey!. With his Muslim sailors he loaded his boats and set upon his expeditions!. British marine historian Gavin Manzies shows in his book " 1421 - The year China discovered America" that Cheng He had actually beat Columbus by 71 years!. By 1513 Piri Muhyid Din Re’is’s map showed America in its entirety!.

In the ancient days Muslims were known for the seafaring abilities with their wide experience in travel!. Many believe that the Muslims at this time had the ability to travel great distances and return safely with their triangle shaped sales!. They utilized innovative designs in their boats so that they could zig zag against the wind!. Thus they were in demand by major monarchs of the world!.

Colonel Kennon a sailing historian states, “From what I know of the track across from Asia to America, and from what I have seen of the Japanese and Chinese, I have no doubt whatever that from very early times they occasionally visited our American shores(Kennon, 2005)!.”

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A Ship travelling “to the Bay of St Lawrence in Siberia, would have, at the utmost, only a day's sail, but probably less, to reach America; and by going that distance farther north, her crew could see land across Behring's Straits through the whole passage during the summer season, it being then free from ice, with an open sea and a moderate degree of cold!.”

Thus prior significant parchments of the Sung documents, Piri Muhyid Din Re’is’s map and the work of historian Gavin Manzies all give historical and documented accounts of Muslim sailors and their discovery of America!. The high probability of Colonel Kennon’s analysis that Chinese and Japanese sailors could have crossed the Behring's Straits in a day’s time lends more credibility to the theory!. Yet the game of world history is political by nature and to transfer the glory of Columbus to Zheng He (the Muslim) would fly in the face of current political realities!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Humans: People from Siberia about 15,000 years ago!.
Europeans: Leif Ericson in AD 1003!.
Colonisers: Christopher Columbus in AD 1492!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Depends who you ask, could be the ancestors of the native americans during the last ice age, the vikings circa1000AD, or columbus in 1492!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Winjijums in 2062 BCWww@QuestionHome@Com

Define America!. The two continents or the country as it exist today!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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The vikings were before Colombus!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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This question has been asked on here so many times!. It started with the Bering, or Bering sea land bridge!. About 15 K years ago the people of Northern Russia (now) and the peninsula of Asia followed the herds of animals across this bridge for food!.
New evidence along the Western shores may bring new lite to this when caves under water, 300 feet deep, show signs of being used (bones and artifacts) that date to 18 K!.
Others, from Egypt, North Africa, the Scottish and English areas of Europe used boats as early as 15 K for sure!. Remember the Oceans were much smaller them!.

Other from the South Pacific may have come even earlier!. People from all over, wandered back then, following the herds until farming was discovered in Mesopotamia around 15K B!.P!.!. It wasn't like it happen all over and, all at once so, continues migrations were still going on!.

The "Clovis" spear points from the Southwest are from about 12 to 15 B!.P!. the earliest that can be recorded!.Www@QuestionHome@Com