6.0074 R: Who 'Discovered' the Americas' (1/15)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sat, 13 Jun 1992 12:03:36 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0074. Saturday, 13 Jun 1992.
Date: 11 June 92, 10:32:39 SET
From: Marc Eisinger +33 (1) 49 05 72 27 <EISINGER@FRIBM11>
Subject: Discovery of the Americas
Martin Raish writes :
> Just about anyone you can think of reached the western hemisphere --
> Africans, Vietnamese, Koreans, Norsemen, etc. etc. etc.
Once again the same song. My point is :
- There is NO proof whatsoever that any European/African/Asiatic
people came to the Americas before Columbus in historic times.
- If any did, there's no trace. So who cares if it happened or not ?
Marc