America is one of the giant countries in the world. Although it is known as the country where opportunities are opened for some, there are also people who do not like America. Our topic today is not about whether America is loved or how great it is. Our topic is based on the state of America before it became America and raises the question of who found America.
There are many historical stories about America since its existence. While the answers to some of these stories are obvious, others can be quite confusing. Since the history of the country is very deep-rooted, it carries many different historical events and stories with it to the present day. Among these historical events who found Although the subject is highly debated, it is still behind it. carries its own mystery.
So, in order to illuminate this mystery and to reduce the question marks that remain in our minds, even if we can’t. about who discovered We did a detailed research. Now that we have simply explained the foreword of the subject, the question of ‘Who discovered America? We can return to the question.
That historical story known to everyone:
The answer to who discovered America is truly a veil of secrets. So much so that although there are many claims and debates on this subject, many of them fall and still continue to be discussed among those who do not. But the biggest known and accepted claim is that Christopher Columbus discovered America. The fact that it is launched in this way even in the schools of foreign countries makes this claim quite rooted. Well really Was Columbus the first explorer? Or was there anyone who set foot on American soil long before him?
It is one of the most accepted claims that Christopher Columbus discovered America before other Europeans with his discovery in 1942. Contrary to this, modern researchers claim that the discovery predates Columbus, although there is not much conclusive proof. One of the most well-known claims is about a group of Icelandic explorers. Leaf EriksonExactly from Columbus, this group, which was led by 500 years ago He is claimed to have discovered America.
Of course, there are many claims that Erikson was not the first to make this discovery, just as there are claims that Erikson made the discovery before Columbus. Researchers who have an opinion on this subject, Asia and from the African continent It suggests that many people with mental illness set foot on American soil before both Erikson and Columbus. Among these assumptions from Ice Age Europe Even humans exist, but things progressed a little differently because the conditions of that time were not very suitable for exploring and naming continents, or because the plans were not in that direction.
Other theories about the discovery of America:
In the 19th century, when Catholicism was quite common, Knights of Columbus A Catholic organization called Columubus wanted to reward him for his achievements. This situation, which formalized Columbus’s discovery of America by Columbus, as well as Columbus appearing as a catholic hero national Columbus day got it started. Perhaps this is one of the biggest factors that kept Leaf Erikson back in the race.
Although it is one of the known facts that Erikson was the first person to reach the continent, we mentioned that there are also those who claim the opposite. Among these claims, there is a fleet of the Chinese state. famous historian by Gravin Manzies according to what they said, at the head of Admiral ZhAng HeIt was discovered by a Chinese fleet that arrived in the Americas in 1421. As proof, he showed a map from 1418. Although Manzies has put forward a very strong theory with this evidence, this theory is still unproven and continues to be debated.
Another known, open-ended theory is the Irish monk. st. brandyabout the discovery. Around 500 AD St. Brenden embarked on a journey to North America in an unsuitable, presumably primitive ship in the conditions of the time. Of course, although such a theory exists, the only thing that supports this theory is From a 9th century book nothing else.
Who really discovered America?
When European explorers arrived in the New World, as it is known in history, they realized that many people had set foot on these lands before and even lived there. This proved that there was someone who had made this discovery before them. But America had to be discovered somehow.
During the last ice age Bering land bridge had a very large role. Nowadays Alaska nowadays connecting to Russia Although this bridge is under water today, it was a very important road used for transportation in its own time. The Bering Bridge, which functioned from 30,000 years ago to 16,000 years ago, during this long period of time, naturally allows many people who are curious to use this bridge. It is not known exactly when the first humans to make the crossing crossed, but it is among the closest estimates made between 20,000 and 25,000 years ago.
The effects of archaeological excavations on the information about the discovery are also quite large. Archaeological evidence for the discovery of America suggests that humans lived 14,000 years ago. to the Yukon (North America) indicates that it has been reached. Even in caves discovered in Yukon 24,000 years ago, humans may have lived there Although information was put forward to prove it, this information about the discovery of America was far from being established.
The discovery of America is really such an enigmatic situation that even the Americans who were first believed in their time are quite different from today. until the 1970s people of Clovis the first Americans, known as New Mexico They were a people from an 11,000-year-old settlement nearby. Although later information proves that the Clovis people were not the first American people, many researchers still believe that the Clovis people played a major role in the discovery of America. Even this situation just mentioned proves that others set foot before Columbus.
Before Columbus discovered America, according to the myths, many people living in light land nomadic tribe was available. In the last ten years, researches on this subject are very common among the people who were first found on American soil. complicated and organized states that they live in communities.
Columbus did not learn that he had discovered America in one of his many discoveries. India He thought he had reached an island off the coast. This wrong way of thinking caused him not to be able to recognize the continent and naturally not to give its name. Florentine explorer exploring on behalf of Spain 5 years after Columbus’ discovery Amerigo VespucciHe realized that, unlike Columbus, this continent was not India and was a completely separate continent. Of course, upon such a discovery, Amerigo Vespucci named the continent after himself.
The explorer who gave America its name: Amerigo Vespucci
One of the brilliant explorers of his time, Vespucci participated in two Age of Discovery expeditions between 1497 and 1504 for both Spain and Portugal. Containing accounts and descriptions of the discoveries mentioned under Vespucci’s name in 1503 and 1505, and of other discoveries made by Vespucci booklets were printed. While historians were generally skeptical of the accuracy of these pamphlets, the books were very popular, greatly enhancing Vespucci’s reputation.
During an expedition in 1501, Vespucci noticed something, or at least claimed to have noticed it. During the Portuguese expedition, it was one of his biggest claims that Brazil was part of a new continent for Europeans and he named this continent the ‘New World’. This idea was given to the cartographer Martin Waldseemüller as Vespucci’s “America” form in 1507, which was the first to show the New World. by applying it to the map, he achieved recognition of his achievements. Other cartographers did the same, and in 1532 the name America was officially affixed to the newly discovered continents. It is not known whether Vespucci was aware of these awards.