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Why is it incorrect to state that Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas

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it is incorrect because Vikings had already came.

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It is incorrect to state that Columbus discovered the Americas because he never set foot in North America. During four separate trips that started in 1492, Columbus landed in on various Caribbean islands as well on the later called Hispaniola. He explored Central and South America but didn’t reach North America, which by the way, was inhabited by Native Americans.
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