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History Historical Misconceptions
- Thread starter Dedalus
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Good one!
I suppose we can say Columbus discovered South and Central America, but not North America, since he never went there. And of course, "the Vikings" were there much earlier, as mentioned. Though I demand that everyone refer to them as Norsemen. They were only Vikings when they "went in viking", which means something like to "go raiding by boat".
(I moved the thread to this forum - hope that's OK.)
I suppose we can say Columbus discovered South and Central America, but not North America, since he never went there. And of course, "the Vikings" were there much earlier, as mentioned. Though I demand that everyone refer to them as Norsemen. They were only Vikings when they "went in viking", which means something like to "go raiding by boat".
(I moved the thread to this forum - hope that's OK.)
