Happy Columbus Day

Sadly most of Texas does not acknowledge this. Plus don't forget it was Canadian Thanksgiving yesterday as well.
 
Yeah it's a useless holiday here in Arizona. The government agencies get the day off. As well as the trolls down at the Motor Vehicles Divison.
But I have always wanted to know why Columbus got a holiday when it was Amerigo Vespucci who actually "discovered" the New World for the Europeans...  :?
 
Dart said:
Yeah it's a useless holiday here in Arizona. The government agencies get the day off. As well as the trolls down at the Motor Vehicles Divison.
But I have always wanted to know why Columbus got a holiday when it was Amerigo Vespucci who actually "discovered" the New World for the Europeans...  :?
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Actually it was Erik the Red who discovered it, yet yours is more accurate. He called it "Green Land" in hopes that it would be a beautiful place, when really it was a big ice berg lol

Now as for Columbus, he didnt discover America...he discovered Canada...so pretty much "North America" if you wanted to say.
 
Dart said:
Yeah it's a useless holiday here in Arizona. The government agencies get the day off. As well as the trolls down at the Motor Vehicles Divison.
But I have always wanted to know why Columbus got a holiday when it was Amerigo Vespucci who actually "discovered" the New World for the Europeans... :?
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I thought Vespucci just named the continent without even having set foot here?
 
I thought columbus landed down south on an Island somewhere around cuba


He didnt even know he was in a new place he thought he was in India :lol
 
Ghouls N Ghosts said:
Actually it was Erik the Red who discovered it, yet yours is more accurate. He called it "Green Land" in hopes that it would be a beautiful place, when really it was a big ice berg lol

Now as for Columbus, he didnt discover America...he discovered Canada...so pretty much "North America" if you wanted to say.
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True. It was the Vikings who came over here first. As for Columbus, I was always told that he discovered the West Indies. Mainly the islands south of Cuba.
creepindeth04 said:
I thought Vespucci just named the continent without even having set foot here?
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That I don't know. I just know that the New World was named after him. It could be that he made the first maps, or did indeed come here. It was my assumption that he came over here...
 
creepindeth04 said:
I think that was on his other voyage over here. I know he landed in the carribean somewhere.
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Ahh.
Well, ot could have been worse. What if some dude hopped in a dingy and peddled all the way over here and had some weird name?? Think of the possibilities... United States of Bobonia..." :sick
 
Dart said:
Ahh.
Well, ot could have been worse. What if some dude hopped in a dingy and peddled all the way over here and had some weird name?? Think of the possibilities... United States of Bobonia..." :sick
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Yeah well considering the way the indians were treated it wouldnt surprise me if the Europeans just totally disregarded the name that person gave it and still name it America.
 
creepindeth04 said:
Yeah well considering the way the indians were treated it wouldnt surprise me if the Europeans just totally disregarded the name that person gave it and still name it America.
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I agree. But such is life with human history. A history of conquer and subdue the weaker societies and either let them assimilate or let them die. Hopefully our civilization has come to the point of realizing that doing such things is not really a good idea.
I think it would be interesting to know if such a name existed for this continent long before European influence came here.
 
Dart said:
I agree. But such is life with human history. A history of conquer and subdue the weaker societies and either let them assimilate or let them die. Hopefully our civilization has come to the point of realizing that doing such things is not really a good idea.
I think it would be interesting to know if such a name existed for this continent long before European influence came here.
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Im sure there was. I always wonder what the Native Americans called this land. Im sure each tribe probably had a different name.
 
maiden fan said:
I heard that untill the day he died he would not admit that he didnt make it to India.


What an Idiot
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Heh. My wife says, "Typical male. Not admitting that he's lost."
 
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