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Turns out Christopher Columbus wasn't brave, he was just really bad at math.
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[@edwardkiel3496]

"Columbus never set foot in America, because he never went to the United States", imagine actually thinking this

[@sophieplumbob2900]

Edward Kiel Many people think that America means United States sadly.

[@grammaticalchainsaw7318]

No thats just what people mean when they refer to america most times

[@creativeusername4605]

@@grammaticalchainsaw7318 Exactly

[@Skye7188]

I think it's more the fact he never set foot in NORTH America. Most people say that he discovered NORTH America. However, he never set foot in NORTH America he bounced around CENTRAL and SOUTH American islands. I think that is more the point he's trying to make.

[@grammaticalchainsaw7318]

Skye7188 i know that the point he is trying to make im just saying that sometimes when people refer to american they do talk about the United states AND the whole video is debunking things about Christopher Columbus, who is only celebrated in the US.

[@cpl.bananaman1529]

Columbus set out to find new trade routes to India, not to prove the world is round.

[@eagle_spangled_tricolor2073]

He wasn't trying to prove the Earth was round, he was trying to prove it was pear shaped and that he could easily get to Asia

[@Modelta]

also he didnt discover america but spread that there is other stuff on the other side as the vikings discovered america

[@nine1878]

@@Modelta Vikings did but they thought they were still in greenland and they forgot about it

[@emaadkhan3031]

To be completely fair, they taught us that in elementary school, that Columbus's men thought he would fall off the edge of the earth.

[@nine1878]

@@emaadkhan3031 in the same boat here

[@horsehorsehorsehorse8500]

"This is New York City! We hate pizza, and we will always hate pizza!" Time: Nah mate.

[@ssg8077]

2:21 That’s some authentic “MADE IN THE US” crap right there

[@BonClay53]

🤦‍♀️ he didn’t make it once to America

[@Shark_King325]

@@BonClay53 America DOES NOT only mean the United States Einstein

[@declaniii6324]

@@Shark_King325 well it can but that’s not what anyone means when they say that Columbus discovered America

[@declaniii6324]

@Sofia Gonzalez I’m not sure exactly what you’re trying to say but if you’re saying that America isn’t used for the name of the US outside the US you’re wrong. I’m Canadian and I and everyone I know uses America and US/USA interchangeably. (We also say the states but I’m pretty sure that’s a Canada specific thing)

[@legendaresn6983]

@@BonClay53 Especially since "america" back then wasn't the usa, but the entirety of the new world

[@glatres]

"Columbus never set foot in America. He only landed in various parts of America. Crazy, right?"

[@Modelta]

yeah so crazy wait do you mean moronic and idiotic?

[@glatres]

@@Modelta No! Well, actually yes.

[@Petu1987]

America is a continent! I hate it when I listen to ppl saying America is only the USA.

[@sopuruoti4630]

Yea but did he DISCOVER idiot

[@novkorova2774]

America=usa duh

[@TarigonTetradactyl]

My teacher played this in class today He realized his mistake

[@garpogods8323]

And thats why you should proof read things before showing people anything.

[@simpleways2506]

no he didn't tho

[@mrgc7629]

@@simpleways2506 Yes he did.

[@ATSucks1]

Oh thats rich.

[@DarkLucario3000]

@Darien Wong Well in italian and spanish, América means" the americas", so Christopher colombus born on Jenova italy, and start the journey on spain, actually he discover América.

[@hazel7226]

I just wanna point out this show is American (as in United States) so when Adam says Christopher Columbus never landed in America he means the US. There's a surprising number of people here in the states that think he landed in the US.

[@dante_0962]

As someone form Australia when I think of America i don’t think of both US and South America I think of US.

[@RocketRoketto]

@@dante_0962 that's ok, because you're from Australia but Americans born and raised here, genuinely think he did and I'm like no he didnt.

[@JOVAHK11N]

Well if you're a show aimed to educate you should at minimum know the continent your country is named after. This is why US education is consider a joke globally.

[@hobomike6935]

Columbus made the existence of the Americas *widely known to the old world.* He is not the FIRST to have discovered there existed land between Europe and Asia across the ocean, nor the first European; *Erik the Red* made it as far as Greenland; and Pacific Islanders have managed to sail across the south pacific as far as the Galapagos Islands, off the coast of South America. Finally, If you think Chris Columbus was bad, you should research another European Explorer and conquistador; *Hernan Cortes.* For any crimes Columbus committed, Hernan's were 10x worse.

[@bloodaonadeline8346]

@@hobomike6935He wasn’t the first but he definitely made them more widely known. There wasn’t a widespread push to explore the Americas when the vikings landed.

[@bullfrogboss8008]

I'm from Europe and I've never heard anybody claiming that it's Christopher Columbus who discovered the round shape of earth before

[@DeadEndGoose]

People dont

[@averageguy8974]

Because it's untrue but apparently americans don't study history at school

[@lynnlynn617]

This video is very United-States centric. It's trying to disprove common Columbus myths in the US.

[@frogglen6350]

I like how their are 30k likes vs 7k dislikes, but most of the top comments are pointing out how biased and flawed this video is .

[@ChristophBrinkmann]

And none of them can provide any proof - well, okay ACTUAL PROOF that it's flawed, and (obviously) bias doesn't mean wrong. Have a good day!

[@lolactus8908]

Christoph Brinkmann dude check knowing better’s video on this topic a lot of these comments provided proof you are just too dumb not to listen to them

[@KingmanHighborn]

Probably cause the overly loud people are the most often wrong. While the educated among us enjoy a video and like it.

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

lolactus there’s a History Buff KZbin channel literally called History Buff that debunks all of Knowing Better’s video by showing actual historical accuracies in his video.

[@normalgarlicbreadtm2854]

@@KingmanHighborn no you're just wrong

[@Jazzguitar00]

It's amazing that people say "America" interchangeably with "United States"... Makes geographical discussion confusing

[@tcorourke2007]

The full name "The United States of America" is kind of a mouthful, so we shortened it. None of the other countries on either continent use the name.

[@EASFromTheWest]

@@tcorourke2007 There’s south america and north america so it’s confusing for that. The main bits of land on this planet are the Americas and the Old World

[@tcorourke2007]

@@EASFromTheWest Thanks for the geography lesson, lolz.

[@luisandrade2254]

By people you mean yanks no one else does that

[@luisandrade2254]

@@tcorourke2007 no you stole the name America your country is called us America is the name of the continent

[@renacido2682000]

Two words: Knowing Better

[@Ronniepmr]

Boooooooo

[@bolenco149]

two words: bad empanada

[@aditya-dk6rw]

Bad empada want to know your location

[@princeandrey]

As indeed he does. Though I'm not sure why he feels the need to demonstrate it in this case.

[@JohnPaulsonJohnisaStegosaurus]

two words: whatever, dude.

[@AlfonsoAlvarezSixto]

The Spanish flag shown in the minute 2:38 did not exist until the arrival of the Bourbon monarchy at the end of the war of succession. "Spain" at that time was formed by the kingdom of Aragon (Prince Fernando) and Castille (Queen Isabel) The territory that was part of "Spain" in America (known as Hispanic America countries) was part of Castilla, with his own flag.

[@AlfonsoAlvarezSixto]

The flag that is used nowadays (Rojigualda) was introduced in 1785 to know which were the ships that were part of England and which of Spain

[@mattwo7]

Aragon still exists as an autonomous community because Spain isn't federated.

[@tcorourke2007]

MY LIFE IS A LIE!!

[@SidSLI]

@@mattwo7 So does Castille - there's two of them, actually. In the 15th century, before the kingdoms of Aragon and Castille united, Spain as such did not exist.

[@vellisamu8804]

So this is not super related but the flag he is flying is very similar to the Genoese flag! And Columbus was from Genoa, that had a very strong naval base

[@NestorDMunoz]

Colombus did set foot in America... America is a continent, not a single country.

[@XrayTheMyth23]

America is the US, Not South America/Mexico

[@NestorDMunoz]

You are wrong... America has 35 Countries. And Colombus visited some of these. America IS NOT U.S... United States is PART of a big continent called "America". Please, learn your lessons first.

[@senorsocke6137]

XrayTheMyth23 Context is everything here, buddy. You are contradicting your own statement otherwise.

[@georgekromidas5097]

North America and South America are continents. "America" is any land in the western hemisphere pretty much. It's basically a supercontinent including both the North and South American continents.

[@NestorDMunoz]

North America, CENTRAL America and South America... As I said, 35 countries. And Colombues went to some of them.

[@HolyApplebutter]

1:03 No, what was underestimated was the size of the ocean. They believed Asia was a much larger landmass than it actually was. 1:11 You mean Toscanelli's math. Because Toscanelli actually told Columbus that the trip was perfectly possible. Which is kind of funny, considering that little jab you have in the background. 1:17 He never said it was pear shaped. He said it was shaped like a ball, as your own source says as much. Was this a mistake on your end or were you intentionally trying to make him sound more stupid? The nipple bit is kind of true though? Not sure what else he really means by a "breast-like protuberance." 2:22 Are you suggesting that Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic aren't in North America, or even South America? American refers to more than the US you know. 2:45 Would just like to point out that he thought he had made it to what would be known today as Japan. 3:08 Pretty sure I don't need to say it, but it didn't go down that way. He was obviously quite at ease with the inhabitants, as he talks about how just 50 men could hold an entire island, and how they had no iron weapons. He also describes their physical attributes in fairly positive ways, using terms like "beautiful" even. 3:15 He actually wanted to attempt converting them to Christianity, and while he does say they'd make fine servants (in one of the translations), considering the context of the passage he could simply be saying they'd make good servants of God. We don't really know. He did definitely want to try converting them though. 3:48 There's a lot to unpack here. First, a massive part of the native population were wiped out from disease alone. Like, 80-90% kind of big. This was kind of inevitable, as due to how little was known about diseases at the time, these diseases could've been delivered by pretty much anybody from Eurasia. Large amounts of death via disease kind of just happened, like with the Black Plague. They also weren't left with only 200 inhabitants, it was around 5,000 if I remember right. 3:44 1542 Was more than 30 years after Colombus's death. He died in 1506. While terrible things were done during this period to reduce the population so much (though don't forget that most succumbed to disease), you can't really say Colombus is directly responsible for these things when someone else is running the show at this point. 4:04 He did pretty much discover America in that he made it become known to European society. People lived there, Vikings went there too (for a short time, but then they kind of just left and forgot about it), but because of him interaction was able to begin between the Eurasian continent and the Americas, for better or worse. 4:05 He never claimed he discovered the world was round. That idea was presumably cooked up by a couple of idiots who thought they knew history. 4:11 As I said before, he didn't really have any reason to believe otherwise. He knew that the lands were new, but he assumed they belonged to an island chain below what was then called India, but now called Japan. And according to old world maps he would've been right. 4:23 Yes, and that's why multiple cities (including state capitals), a territory, and even an entire country in South America were named after him (or at least the female version of his name) before that date. Pure coincidence. Really disappointed by this video. Colombus wasn't any great hero or anything, but he wasn't the villain so many people are trying to make him out to be today. I guess on this day Adam felt like ruining his reputation, along with Colombus.

[@HolyApplebutter]

For anybody who wants a much more in-depth, accurate portrayal of Christopher Colombus, I'd suggest a channel called "Knowing Better." Uses primary sources and puts a lot of research into his topics. More than College Humor did here, at the very least.

[@user-ff4xw1ts2w]

Well said. This video tries so hard to make Columbus look overly bad that they obviously cherry-pick facts and accounts to fit their narrative, and make this video more interesting

[@theocean1973]

Ben Shapiro? Is that you? 🤣

[@topazblahblah]

👍 *I was going to post that link as well. A lot more even-handed look at **#Columbus**.*

[@diddyhooley5719]

Pikaia Gracilens why does telling the truth make us right wing

[@The_Orbitz]

“What is gold” as they wear a seemingly gold necklace

[@baytooth]

Theres yellow ores that arent gold

[@missvegan1967]

​@@baytoothChristopher was just as dumb as their comment. 😂😂

[@hobomike6935]

Some islanders wore jewelry and adornments made of shells, laquer-finished wood, pearls, seashells, and any other hardy objects that might be easily dyed

[@kevinmarshall353]

Adam "I'm no expert, but....." Conover

[@EpicUwU_]

"They didn't have any gold" *Shows the people wearing golden/metal jewelry*

[@hollywoodhefner2]

Jeffrey C All gold colored jewelry isnt gold. Ya have brass, copper, etc

[@EpicUwU_]

I said golden/metal

[@hollywoodhefner2]

Jeffrey C I know but my point is tou dont know if its supposed to be gold and just because they are wearing what Columbus called gold still doesnt mean they know what he was talking about. Ya know the whole we speak different languages thing.

[@leanntan3229]

Jeffrey C they have the colour like gold but they have never seen a real piece of gold ._.

[@Atom85825]

Jeffrey C maube copper

[@nETbKaH]

"He didn't discover America because he didn't discover USA"

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

Yes idiot.. USA is known as America.. Duhhh>>

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

@cam3lopard Columbus didnt land in USA or Canada or many other countries, so why honor a liar that got lost?? Idiocy..

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

@cam3lopard - Besides, As a Flight instructor Im, if you understimate the distance to travel by 200%, you are going to get lost... Duhhh!!.. luck is not talent..

[@stopyouneedhelp6115]

5feetgoaround fullflapsC150 the thing is when we refer to the America’s back then we are talking about the continents, so yes he did discover them for Spain which led to Spain conquering and colonizing the rest of South America (except Brazil) and later the colonization of North America by the British and French. Like him or not he had a major impact on world history and discovered the Americas in the sense that he discovered the land there to later cause the rest to be conquered and colonized.

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

@@stopyouneedhelp6115 --By luck, not talent as Italians credit him. He lied many times. But got lucky,, and luck is not talent..

[@bradyclark1453]

What is gold?? *Is wearing a golden necklace*

[@DEMIboiyo]

That's not gold

[@kenttran965]

dude said yellow equals gold

[@urlocalautistic]

Correction :yellow

[@JNY42]

Nice gold on your profile pic bud

[@jayer.]

Body painting

[@AbsoluteRatBastard]

3:45 this man in his last dying breath corrected 201 to 200 so no one else would have to. absolute legend

[@zakaryvillarreal5863]

There are a lot of historical inaccuracies in this video.

[@1jomojo]

search "In Defense of Columbus: An Exaggerated Evil" its a video detailing all the lies and errors of this Video

[@MrWassup45]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHbaaZZsidKtfck

[@user-bi9kj1oh1f]

Owen DeCarlo Yes there is.

[@diddyhooley5719]

Owen DeCarlo yes it is

[@diddyhooley5719]

Derrell S it’s kinda obvious

[@sand5305]

The magic van? Sounds like a great way to get kidnapped

[@Jan_Koopman]

I find it funny that he says the natives didn't have gold, but the animations wore golden jewelry

[@bumblebeeisfree]

No no that was bronze and "fools gold" I'm a Dominican I major in history. The tainos did not have the knowledge or tools to harvest gold.

[@Jan_Koopman]

@@bumblebeeisfree, thanks for the clarification

[@bumblebeeisfree]

@@Jan_Koopman although this video does have some flaws. I do suggest you look up KnowingBetter's video on Columbus. It really is an eye opener.

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@bumblebeeisfree You really think Columbus proving the World is round and never killed anyone is more true than everyone already knowing the World is round, Columbus thinks the World is shaped like a pear with a nipple on top, and killed people for not giving him what he wants? This is why I now support Leif Erickson.

[@bumblebeeisfree]

@@robbiewalker2831 im not exactly understandinf what it is you are trying to say to me.

[@nokay3809]

2:30 I guess Canada was annexed by the USA This is the fallout timeline

[@slimslime737]

The US marched into the capital just last week and flew the flag of Ba'athist Iraq swearing alligence to the Libyan leader Abu Bakr Al baghdadi

[@jennifergornowicz8321]

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[@slimslime737]

@@jennifergornowicz8321 ALLAHU AKBAR

[@Bjorngrim74]

Welcome brother

[@jesseling6672]

We needed their resources.

[@gandhithegreat328]

Christopher Columbus was actually named Christopher Columbo. This is important because he could not speak English, his journals were written in Italian, translated to Spanish, by Spanish priests, and then the English nobility translated them to English but they did this 200 years after Columbus wrote his journals and they had a rivalry with Spain over colonization for the New World So the English translated the journals with the worst possible translation they could come up with to make the Spanish look bad and Jin up anti-Spanish feelings among their people for war. For example, at one point in his journals Columbus wrote that he believed the local population would make great servants of God or you can translate it as slaves of God. As in he believed he could convert the Natives. The English translated it as "The Natives will make great slaves." I'm sure you can imagine the other falsehoods that come from his English translated journals

[@DarkLucario3000]

I thing the actual name of Christopher Colombus was "Cristobal Colón"

[@joxak1560]

Im from south América, and in spanish is Cristobal Colon, but i dont know how is in italian.

[@dominikmuszynski8773]

@D'lish Donut except this cannot be found in spanish nor italian versions.

[@VintageCardinal]

@D'lish Donut You need to take a seat. Sammuel is 100% correct.

[@roccopiosaracino3681]

@D'lish Donut actually none of his journals survived, and in the italian transcriptions he said "servants of god"

[@The_Presitator]

Okay, so the funny thing is that it wasn't until the 1950s the "America" started referring specifically to the United States, before then just the continents or North and South America. So I understand Adam's mistake in assuming that when old sources say Columbus discovered America they meant Columbus landed in territory that would eventually become the US. But at the same time there are pop cultural things that will make the same mistake, so I believe he was just addressing a common misconception. They could have done a better job of explaining that.

[@hendrikvanvelk]

This sounds and is as accurate as the stories barney tells in HIMYM

[@robertnass5751]

Isn't America A Continent That Includes Cuba, Haiti,and the Dominican Republic HMMMM

[@karol0w091]

Wtf where is Puerto Rico

[@michelleelmore5533]

Karol 0w0 it’s not far from florida it’s part of the United States

[@mrgc7629]

America can refer to both the USA and the continent. He meant the USA.

[@melzoa]

No, but the continent you're looking for is North America, which isn't the USA.

[@mrgc7629]

@Paul O'Reilly I get that.

[@HydraulicAmerica]

Actually Columbus used Al-Beruni's calculations and concluded that earth was smaller. But he didn't take into consideration that Al-Beruni used Arabic measurements and Columbus took them as European measurements.

[@DaveSmith-cp5kj]

Correct. This is why I don't like these trivia channels. Often they make broad conclusions for impact but don't necessarily understand the background information which allows us to understand WHY things happened.

[@Lancastrianer]

Just like this one guy who said the moon landing couldnt have happened because the math is completely wrong, but he mistook the numbers etc for the imperial system although even NASA used metric system? Dont know the name. Saw him in a documentation about the moon landing once.

[@kingbonelesslive]

NEEEEEEEERRRRRDDDDD

[@lealien9247]

well, the nerd did save the day. who knows what they going to do next?

[@Kewlausgirl]

Wow so because he referred to another's calculations and then forgot to take into account the measuring system they used was different... Proves he wasn't an idiot how exactly?? Doesn't matter if he forgot to take into account the different measuring system, the fact he forgot that and then believed everyone else before him eye idiots rather than taking a step back to think - why are they saying this is incorrect. Have I read this wrong? Nope he ignored everyone else's advice. But the main point is: we paint this heroic pictures of people in history rather than portraying it as truthful as possible. When we find pieces that tell us a different story to the ones spread everywhere, we doubt it and push it aside rather than embracing that these people were not perfect or the heroes we paint them to be.

[@oakforestboys]

This is equivalent to the kid in class who made a lazy half ass presentation the night before the project was due.

[@jeffreygao3956]

More like PragerU

[@ethanschoales6563]

Plenty of people sailed the ocean blue before 1492

[@bloodaonadeline8346]

Yes but Columbus was the first European with the backing of a major political power to embark on a journey like this.

[@Destroyer11204]

With "discovered America" they mean discover the continent(or continents if you're American), Canada isn't part of the US and most Italians went to Argentina.

[@thegoodlistenerslistenwell2646]

Henk Van Eek north America and south America. ....Canada is in North America along with Mexico.

[@Destroyer11204]

thegoodlisteners listenwell when Adam says the U.S. both the U.S. and Canada light up, just watch the video

[@thegoodlistenerslistenwell2646]

Henk Van Eek i could just look at a map....

[@thegoodlistenerslistenwell2646]

Henk Van Eek The Americas are contentients . On them are countries. Russia is a country....it exists on Asia.

[@gwiber]

Not that, Canada as a country, existed, back then....

[@lee6283]

Adam really living up to his name in this episode... these people didn't even TRY to research this subject.

[@godzillavkk]

He cited the sources.

[@benschuster9792]

@@godzillavkk even his own sources contradict what he says in the video

[@kenttran965]

Ben Schuster where 🎤🎤 and notice how u didn’t say which ones

[@benschuster9792]

@@kenttran965 Kent Tran I remember that the claim that he believed the earth was a pear and had a nipple was based on him pondering if there was some sort of paradise in the far west. Also the thing about the earth being smaller isn't true, look up toscanelli map which is what Columbus used. Also the thing about the tino population falling to 200 hundred by the mid 1500s is true but greatly misleading as Columbus was long dead by then. I would be more specific however the link to the sources doesn't seem to work anymore...

[@kenttran965]

Ben Schuster nah it’s fine i watched knowing betters video so i get it

[@nydarkfern]

Is this the same dude who got completely obliterated on the Joe Rogan podcast about giving children hormone blockers?

[@henrymudgett2646]

Hormone blockers? You mean the thing doctors prescribe pre-teens when they want to give them time to think about transitioning? That thing? The thing that’s completely safe and harmless?

[@vesogry]

@@henrymudgett2646 "You mean the thing doctors prescribe..." - If a doctor prescribe, that means everything's fine. How you could end up like this?

[@henrymudgett2646]

@@vesogry Dude it’s been scientifically verified as safe and effective.

[@CherryBotV2]

hormone blockers are completely safe. if a doctor prescribes it 9 times out of 10 its going to be safe

[@vesogry]

@@CherryBotV2 What if a doctor is an ideologist?

[@mrmister1657]

Took me way to long to realize that’s the teacher from the Magic school bus

[@absolutezerochill2700]

It's not , it's just a reference

[@thewestisthebest6608]

4:20 "Historical Footnote until 1828" sure Adam. That's why our nations capital was partially named after him in 1790, The Nation of Columbia was named after him in 1810, South Carolina's capital was named after him in 1805, Ohio's state capital was named after him in 1812 etc etc Need I say more? Also every other sentence in this video is a lie or blatant exaggeration but I don't have time go through them all so here's a link for anyone who's curious kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHbaaZZsidKtfck

[@j9488]

Link?

[@thewestisthebest6608]

JD Witt I'm pretty sure the information I gave speaks for itself

[@j9488]

The West is the Best You said... “so here’s a link for anyone who’s curious”. But, no link? Columbus gets a bad wrap today and blamed for things he saw going wrong in his day. Because he wrote about it he was misconstrued as being the one doing it. I was only hoping to add a new link to my collection of History related vids.

[@thewestisthebest6608]

JD Witt you are right. That was my fault and I apologize. The link goes to a video from a great history Chanel that shows us the real Christopher Columbus. He did good and had some faults just like all of us but he deserves to be celebrated for his triumphs

[@Gamerad360]

@JD Witt Here kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHbaaZZsidKtfck

[@delancyj67]

Columbus' first landing was in the islands of The Bahamas. He named it San Salvador and then went on to places like Cuba, Hispaniola and the southern Caribbean. We stopped celebrating Columbus Day here in the Bahamas more than a decade ago.

[@89krx]

In many latin american countries we celebrate "Dia de la raza" or Day of the Race. It is not known as Columbus day but it is celebrated october 12th. Funny how we celebrate the begining of our racial mixture as Hispanic/Latinos when we were the most affected by Christopher Columbus. Then in the USA ive seen many protests and this guy never even step foot there.

[@thefishingboy2065]

Columbus’s

[@maxthepotatoalt1970]

Isn’t it funny of how San Salvador is now the name of the capital of El Salvador?

[@yanderederp]

Don't we still celebrate the holiday as discovery day? Eh I don't care it's a free day off

[@catherinevo6060]

delancyj67 do kids still get a day off?

[@kuleguy2010]

technically part of this was said incorrectly. He set foot in America, just not The United States/Canada part of the continent.

[@dumigamez397]

This is all incorrect and blatantly exaggerated

[@dante_0962]

@@dumigamez397yeah sure buddy.

[@thatfamiiiarnight3665]

If you say Columbus was the first *european* to discover America, then you’re wrong too. The Vikings discovered it in like 400 years before Columbus.

[@formerIychucks]

Vikings stayed there for timber and resources, leaving after 1 year, not coming into interaction with the native population or doing anything productive other than gathering wood. Columbus decided to conquer and stay, setting up permanent bases having the intent to discover more. Who's the one that shaped history?

[@quidam_surprise]

@@formerIychucks Changes nothing to the fact that he wasn't the first one to do it, though. 😕

[@dyna5884]

So this is magic school bus on crack

[@_music.mon3]

Yes

[@_music.mon3]

And I love it

[@user-vv1do1wg1j]

"He never went to America" you then say he went to America

[@lisandroge]

No that continent is called "africa 2"

[@irmacastro5387]

He step foot in Mexico

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

The only country known as America in the world is.. USA, dam idiots. Adam is right..

[@ilirigo]

@@feetgoaroundfullflapsC The USA wouldn't exist for another 300 years after Columbus. And even then, it didn't even cover most of the land that is considered a part of the united states. How can you "discover" something that doesn't exist? And no one ever said "Columbus discovered the country of America. Just America. Saying that a statement is wrong as long as you interpret it a certain way is stupid. That's like someone saying "Apples taste great!" and you trying to debunk that by going "No, Apple products are made of plastic and metal and taste terrible." That's probably not the kind of apple the person was talking about.

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

@@ilirigo What he refers as America is USA as a place, not yet a country but will be. USa is the only country and the first one ever to be called by the name of America (year 1791). So Adam is right. All other countries adopted different names after becoming independent. You cannot tell a Brazilian that he is American, he will correct you..

[@MrGlenbw]

5:24 "People will get more of the idea he represented than from the Jellybean he actually was." - Rick and Morty

[@user-ez8le1rp3x]

And what exactly do americans get from having a mass murderer for their national idol?

[@jeffbrehove2614]

@@user-ez8le1rp3x Everything Washington Irving pretended was true

[@arc7495]

"Wait! Said Christopher Columbus, probably smoking crack." -Bill Wurtz

[@wintertime1607]

Do you know what happens to mouthy students? *They get turned into iguanas*

[@mememmeme4330]

That changes my view of the show

[@jeffbrehove2614]

Winter Time My God! Liz the Chameleon is a prisoner!

[@Kewlausgirl]

Always wondered how she got her iguana

[@qauhrangeromino1302]

K I L L M E

[@TheAnchorArmsChad]

I'll get a Straight Jacket and a Chloroform.......

[@FlamingAnimation]

Columbus didn't think that the Earth was shaped like a pear, nor did he think that Earth was way smaller than he thought (he just thought that Asia was way bigger than it really was, which is understandable since the best maps of the world at the time showed Asia as an elongated landmass covering all of Pacific Ocean) and he never claimed to be the first person to prove that the Earth was round.

[@delvyntrinidad7131]

Freezing Finn well in theory he actually did believe that the earths circumference was smaller thou.

[@theman_themyth_themoth758]

Well, in the video they never said that Columbus claimed to have discovered the world was round

[@Drace90]

Adam didn't say that Columbus claimed to be the first person to prove that the Earth was round. Fact is though, that this is is being believed and even taught in schools today.

[@lizzieelsenpeter7256]

Once again, the pear part was a joke, and can you site your sources, like Adam did?

[@MrRobwilli]

“I found it (the world) was not round . . . but pear shaped, round where it has a nipple, for there it is taller, or as if one had a round ball and, on one side, it should be like a woman’s breast, and this nipple part is the highest and closest to Heaven.” -Christopher Columbus, Log of his third voyage (1498)

[@apacheslim]

He did discover America - the continent. That’s what it was known as.

[@StormCrownSr]

No, the Natives discovered America. If you needed it to be white europeans, Leifur beat him by around 500 years.

[@idkwhatnametochoose6197]

In the US, and about 70 other countries, the Americas are split into North, and South America, and “America” refers to the US. While in about 40 countries, the Americas are one continent, and “America” refers to that.

[@connorbredall3112]

"I turn them into iguanas." For some reason that reminds me of Mrs. Gorf turning students into apples.

[@mancave10369]

Never thought I’d see a Wayside reference on this app 👌

[@phillidaadamus4349]

Anybody here from Knowing Better?

[@BongThaRipper]

Ádám Szalai we’re here together

[@ericprobinson]

I love the knowing better reply to the stupid ass video. Adam ruins everything is such an appropriate title for his show. But why does he have to do it by lying about so many things.

[@brandondavidson4085]

Me!

[@lynnie9676]

Here!

[@dugroz]

Roger that!!!

[@ShankaDaWanka]

“So why did it take until 1492 for anyone to sail the ocean blue?” Simple, Columbus had noting better to do. “Wait, is that true?” Look, this is no breaking news.

[@javierburgos7]

''So why did CollegeHumor make this completely fake video?'' Simple, they had nothing better to do.

[@himynameisweirdo7085]

Javier Burgos actually, I learned in my history class that Christopher Columbus didn’t even touch America. in fact, he was killing natives left and right lol

[@himynameisweirdo7085]

wait, not natives. I don’t remember but he either ended up in Cuba or puerto rico

[@Azivegu]

its not really well known where he landed, but it was somewhere in the Caribbean. This whole discussion of not landing in America I would mostly add to what your definition of geographical regions should be. Italy is on its own plate, not the European, Europe is part of Asia forming Eurasia, India is a sub continent connected with Australia, and the North American plate is sitting on top of the Juan de Fuca which is the reason why the Rockies are so wide in comparison with other mountain ranges.

[@Militarybai]

Vikings did

[@muslimboi98]

Columbus Day: 😕 Indigenous Peoples Day: 😀

[@justincredubil]

There is so much historical inaccuracy in this video. Adam has, indeed, ruined it.

[@henrymudgett2646]

What are you talking about? Columbus was a disgusting individual, even for his time. Many people condemned him, and his atrocities brought the issue of human rights to the forefront.

[@davidturner4076]

@@henrymudgett2646 two words: knowing better.

[@henrymudgett2646]

@@davidturner4076 Knowing Better says Columbus was evil, even for his time. He assumed in his video that everyone recognized this fact. He also says that Indigenous Peoples Day should be celebrated, and Columbus Day should be seen for what it is; a whitewash of history.

[@davidturner4076]

@@henrymudgett2646 doesn't change the fact that this video is extremelly misinformed.

[@henrymudgett2646]

@@davidturner4076 no it isn’t. Do you have evidence otherwise?

[@stevehuntcpa]

Question: if Columbus was an unknown historical footnote until 1828 and then only made popular by Italian Americans, why did a Frenchman give the City of Baltimore an Obelisk commemorating an "unknown" Columbus in 1792?

[@carsonianthegreat4672]

Stephen Hunt and why was the capital of our nation named after Columbus well before 1828. Also why was a territory in the western US named after him. And why was a whole country named after him? Adam is a liar

[@brookallgood2510]

Ever heard of Governor Simcoe? Of course not, but he has Lakes, Cities, Counties, and a bunch of other crap named after him.

[@carlosricaurteo.635]

If Columbus was a historical footnote, then why would South Americans name the entire country of "Colombia" after him in 1820?

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

Who cares for people who were lied to naming their places for a liar Columbus was. Stupid to validate lies as right due other people believed them. Only stupids follow stupidities..

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

@@carlosricaurteo.635 -- who says Columbus was not known so much in South America.. He said in USA, dummy..

[@Durgon-Man]

I've got a great idea for a drinking game, everyone: Every time Adam says something in this video that's *historically inaccurate,* take a shot.

[@dariuscarter5758]

thanks but I like having a liver

[@tateharrigan8061]

He forgot to mention that Columbus crashed one of their ships on the island and then he came back with a bunch of other ships and when he came back the Taino Indians killed all of them, because they thought these people were from the underworld

[@hugo98765]

@@tateharrigan8061 to be fair, the natives were being very mistreated

[@joxak1560]

@@hugo98765 yhea but that wasnt columbus fault like Adam say.

[@cyan_hedgehogs]

But it's all true! Right?

[@just_a_mollusk]

" This is New York City! We hate Pizza! *And we'll always hate pizza* "

[@KameronsAnimations]

Columbus thought he was on an unknown island near Japan

[@xyphoon5013]

Imagine taking a poetic statement by Columbus based on Dante's Divine Commedy and claiming he actually believed the Earth was a pear lol

[@seewhativescene]

Imagine being so caught up with laughter that you glossed over genocide

[@WardNightstone]

well it's LITERALLY what he based the math he used on so there is that as well

[@lorenzomontalbano4497]

@@WardNightstone nope, He based his calculation on others cartogrphers works, the more important were toscanelli’s mapps.but He did miscalculeted the distance ( still at the time the rapresentaion of the globe supported his hipotesis)

[@nathanielcowan3971]

@@WardNightstone and he was right

[@nathanielcowan3971]

The earth is pear shaped kzbin.infoz5sOknimJw0?feature=share

[@bills755]

I know you're trying to educate us, but all I can think is: I miss The Magic School Bus.

[@TheGroundedAviator]

Finally a positive comment!

[@mypov4592]

Now we're just stuck with the Netflix reboot.

[@aster1760]

My pov. please don't mention the unholy one you only fuels its power by uttering its dreadful name!

[@TheGroundedAviator]

It's that bad? (never seen it)

[@aster1760]

tis but an unholy shell of what used to be, sadly its just a shameless cash grab with no effort put into it, they couldn't even get the opening right.....

[@ilghiz]

It's the first time I've ever heard that Columbus set sail to prove the Earth is round. Maybe, because I'm not US American.

[@drabberfrog]

2:23 he realizes that all those countries are part of North America? America wouldn't exist for a few hundred years after Columbus got there.

[@TheRealUNGOC]

Andrew Siegel but not us or the usa

[@michaelcantu6071]

For a supposed “educational” video, this has a lot of misinformation in it.

[@mrgc7629]

True.

[@NadiaBKat167]

Michael Cantu please elaborate

[@EVERYTHING-dc2od]

Michael Cantu how

[@EVERYTHING-dc2od]

Michael Cantu please

[@mrgc7629]

@@EVERYTHING-dc2od Because Adam uses misleading "facts" and sources to create this video.

[@buttunbasher3604]

Magic school bus and Adam ruins everything cross over Life is complete

[@amphibious_banana5132]

ButtunBasher 360 btw you have 145 likes

[@wouldyoukindly5432]

208 now

[@seabass9916]

Yup

[@tributeandmusicvideocenter1758]

ButtunBasher 360 283rd liker bro/dudette.

[@skittles5237]

ButtunBasher 360 yep

[@metalhead351_of]

Well this aged well

[@FrenchyJr]

Me: alright time to learn about the best character, the master chief Adam: *ACTUALLY!!*

[@legendaresn6983]

Dante for the win

[@imaginationave3687]

Halo is temporary, Doom is eternal.

[@javierlozanoguiler722]

America referred by history books it’s the whole continent, it’s a selfish statement to think America is just USA. America is South America, Central America and North America. If Adam really wants to clear misconceptions he should know of this really obvious one

[@idkwhatnametochoose6197]

In some Latin American countries, America refers to North America and South America which in most English speaking countries like the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, as well as Western Europe, they are different continents and “America” refers to the United States.

[@dogeshark204]

@@idkwhatnametochoose6197 That's because people from the united states normalized saying that, not because it's true.

[@idkwhatnametochoose6197]

@@dogeshark204 well don’t people normalize things all the time? I mean the US didnt really have a non-abbreviation short name. United States is pretty long and its even used by Mexico as its official name is the United Mexican States, and Brazil used to be the United States of Brazil, so America was the only choice not used by a country.

[@aeonicfx5254]

Many other countries shorten their names like that, jts ignorant to just make this something only Americans do when it is worldwide. If the USA name were different, no one would be calling it America. It's caller abbreviation

[@aeonicfx5254]

You ever realize how the Republic of Ireland is just called Ireland, even though Ireland is an Island Which consists of also the UK? Or how the DRC is just called the Congo when the Republic of the Congo also exists?

[@aykay521]

Am I the only one who loves the fact that the headless horseman is just like...helping that guy write the story?

[@andins761]

That's really privileged to think that America is only the US lol

[@caseya6475]

Look, maybe? But, for better or for worse, many people around the world use “America” colloquially to refer to the United States. Unless “north” or “south” is used in conjunction with “america”, many people the world over (including other places in North and South America) in various language specifically mean the US when they say “America”. Right or wrong, that’s how it currently stands. While, if we were to ever change that, that change would have to start somewhere and perhaps Adam could have been more specific...in the US when the people who want to celebrate Columbus say he “discovered America”, they are pretty universally referring to the US, so Adam is just using the wording that the people he is trying to reach would understand.

[@quidam_surprise]

@@caseya6475 So, there's no limits to your absurdity, huh ?

[@caseya6475]

@@quidam_surprise ...I guess not?

[@quidam_surprise]

@@caseya6475 Also, regarding your second paragraph... maybe it would be more productive to explain the principle of a figure of speech, rather than trying to pander to a simplistic lingo used in daily life, in a video that is meant to clarify outlandish misconceptions, misconception that are partially caused by the fact with the fact that some people can't tell the difference between literal and figurative. I mean... you realise that it's straight-up historical revisionism at this point, right 🤨 ?

[@Ruanspringss]

Teacher played this lmao he was chill...

[@lukapiscenec3348]

Columbus: You,gold,NOW! "Indians": I'm sorry but, what is gold?*wearing golden necklace and earrings*

[@Lancastrianer]

jeah thought that too xD

[@drethethinker6418]

that could easily be some other material of a similar color.

[@QuakerMC]

It's pyrite, you fool!

[@scottvelez3154]

Isaac Jonas Ayyyyy

[@Letsnotworryabthis]

KulKom 777 I know right ! It's so funny 😂😂

[@diegog1853]

America is a continent. I was so confused by this video at the beginning

[@alias1155]

Diego García Barradas The continents are North American and South America or Americas if referring to both, if someone simply says "America" it can be easily assumed that they are speaking about the USA.

[@diegog1853]

Alias Good thing we have the oxford dictionary. America: A land mass of the western hemisphere consisting of the continents of North and South America joined by the Isthmus of Panama. en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/America I understand that you normaly refer to USA as America. But is really confusing to the international audience, for most of the world America is the definition i just quoted

[@alias1155]

Diego García Barradas I get your point, but it shouldn't be that big of a deal

[@diegog1853]

Alias is not that big of a deal, i was genuinely confused by this and that is what i said. Thats all

[@Lemon-st3mf]

I think he meant the US

[@SB.8087]

And that’s why my family celebrates native American day and not Columbus Day

[@02HARMAE]

“Columbus’s regime was so brutal that by *1542* the population dropped to 200” *Columbus died in 1506*

[@LordMacragge31]

also 200 just seems totally made up

[@user-ez8le1rp3x]

You really don't know anything, do you?

[@02HARMAE]

@@user-ez8le1rp3x - dude honest to god I don’t care what happened 500 years ago, I just thought it was funny to point out

[@gamerplaynintendofan3469]

I wanted to ruin it but my teacher beated me to it

[@Hedspaces]

gamerplay Nintendo fan beat*

[@youcantgu4rdm3]

Beated lol

[@nolanbell1681]

Same anyone notice those ships were small and cheap compared to what other exploration forces got

[@xclawgames5367]

HELL YEAH

[@copperwave20]

Well yeah, in 7th grade you learn that everything you knew was wrong

[@GameElement64]

I'm here because of Knowing Better After watching his video about Columbus, this one looks so outdated, so misinformed with it's sources aka historically inaccurate and very cringeworthy.

[@Drace90]

GameElement64 In other words, let's believe the facts we want to hear.

[@Drace90]

Harry Butte Truth doesn't care about your specific sensibilities, Harry.

[@worldserpent731]

What is the truth? If it keeps being retold with different narratives the natives might have lost because they lacked cybernetic abilities and telekinesis! I acknowledge that conquest for the sake of conquest isn't a good thing, but I don't believe this situation is as bad as it's made out to be. Adam in this video is being very presumptuous in a manner to push an ideology and that's not how anything should be handled. Leave your white guilt out of it. A different SJW shot Adam's video out of the water.

[@alikademian690]

Drace90 so you wanna make up bullshits and present them as "facts"?

[@dugroz]

Just watch the video! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHbaaZZsidKtfck

[@user-qf5kl6cv2y]

Why is the blonde guy looking like my biology teacher?

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

...and we still don't know who he was or where he came from, making me think he was a secret agent for the King of Portugal

[@lcamilo15]

So America is United States? For the first time I'm kind of surprised with Adam....

[@Tenatic-X]

its usually a short way to say the USA. Y'know its not very easy to pronounce it quickly.

[@Dizzydawne]

Yeah 👆👆

[@Azivegu]

Caribbean Plate

[@John-wp9su]

Luis Camilo it's called the Americas

[@hrzrysglz5619]

He is refering to the entire continent, whitch is not called "the americas" but named America supposedly after amerigo vesspucci

[@LightAnkou]

We did hire him in Spain but he acted so ruthlessly that the Catholic Monarchs eventually had him prosecuted thinking he was a monster. And they were not innocent baby kissing vegans precisely so... yeah he was bad.

[@generaltso8278]

He was in Jail for 7 days then the monarchs released him and sent him off again on a fully funded voyage to the new world. keep in mind the report written about his govenership was written by his replacement Bolita(sp) and the accounts seem to be somewhat suspect. Not saying it didnt happen just saying its suspicious.

[@juggernautk.captain5845]

Koldo Estrada well, barely hired. They gave him the minimal with perhaps the worse crew to die... They pretty much handed him a shovel for his own grave.

[@strawnie2]

The fact was they didn't want to pay him, so they prosecuted him. He was no angel, but depicting him as a "murderous moron" is extremely stupid

[@elbubson5600]

HE DID NOT MASSACRE INDIANS. IT WOULD HAVE MADE NO SENSE. THE SPANISH WANTED A FORM OF FORCED LABOUR CALLED ENCOMIENDA. HE WAS ACTUALLY PUNISHED FOR BRINGING BACK NATIVES AS SLAVES ON HIS FIRST VOYAGE. THE INDIANS DIED OF DISEASE. FULL STOP.

[@PoofyThePandaPro]

thats how most native americans died (by disease and or forced labor) lol

[@ryleymiller2940]

wow, very interesting *makes almost every scene into a meme*

[@bicyclist2]

Columbus was a Italian working for the Spanish royalty. He wàs trying to help expand the Spanish empire. The Chinese discovered what became California in 1461. The Vikings looking for good fishing, discovered the east coast of what became Canada before Columbus as well. Thanks.

[@colegrayson4631]

I like how he has zero evidence to back his statements up

[@mrgc7629]

His citations are biased.

[@HashimThaDream]

Seriously? You can easily google everything in this video and find (while slightly exaggerated in this video) to be factual! It was Columbus’s voyages to the CARIBBEAN that inspired the ENGLISH to sail to the New World where THEY first discovered America and established Jamestown in the name of King James. Columbus died in 1504. Jamestown wasn’t established till 1607. So how could a man who died 100 years before the establishment of the first American colony have ANYTHING to do with American history???

[@mrgc7629]

@@HashimThaDream 1. So he really believed the earth was shaped like a pear? 2. No, Slightly exaggerated is an understatement. 3. America would not exist without him. Period. If he never set sail. Nobody would have found it for years, and Amerigo would have never faked those voyages, so his name would not be important. At all. What website did you get your info from? Buzzfeed or something? I've asked multilinguals to translate transcriptions for me, and his journals say nothing like this.

[@MidgetHulkSMASH]

He cites everything genius.

[@mrgc7629]

@@MidgetHulkSMASH and his citations are wrong, as well. I have lots of citations that disagree with him.

[@phill2034]

I’m glad we’re all in agreement not to trust anything shown on this show.

[@pretzelstick320]

P Hill indeed

[@TheNorthman429]

Ur an idiot like Columbus without him the us could have been a completely different deal the world itself could be very different mostly toward a positive aspect.

[@fivesquaredyt2521]

169 likes

[@drunkolxea8682]

@@TheNorthman429 *world war 1 and 2*

[@o0Scarrow0o]

No actually this is true it even left out since if the things Christopher did there a whole book written about what an awful person he truly was

[@ranelgallardo7031]

Vladimir Putin must’ve looked to Christopher Columbus as a role model

[@captainsprinkles6557]

Earth is a pear

[@TheWrestlingUniverse]

I still have trouble how North Americans call their land “America” when technically all of the land is called “The America’s”. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@angeldiaz7001]

Only some english speaker countries call America US. In the rest on the contienent and some europeans ones learn that America is one continent.

[@witcherstudios9351]

Christopher Columbus is basically that one guy who comments "first" after at least 100 people have already commented.

[@Music_Lover0612]

William Hertel lol

[@annaburns4526]

OH that sounds like Donald J Trump!

[@jakeroyko8688]

First!

[@carlairving]

Except he would have slaughter anyone who didn't like his comment...

[@Cubbypower]

first

[@ginamcmanama2018]

I just love how historically inaccurate this video is

[@ChristophBrinkmann]

Source, please

[@bramdevos6887]

indeed !! very sad how they even have no more respect for history the myth of Columbus is more true than that

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

@@lancio8635 KnowingBetter is a liar. I know Spanish and Portuguese and HE IS LYING TO YOU, SUCKERS...

[@forbiddenbanana9255]

@@feetgoaroundfullflapsC Okay then how?

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

Forbidden Banana the History Buff KZbin channel debunks all of Knowing Better’s claims by showing actual historical accuracies.

[@frankallanperez1135]

He didn’t discover the United States. He discovered North America

[@legendaresn6983]

He discovered the "new world". Called america now by everyone execpt the USA. However USA is the only one to really use the imperial system.

[@elmvine]

the vikings were the first europeans to go to North America

[@lonewolf9380]

Now I know why those protesters push his statue into the bay, maybe other reasons but one of them at least.

[@GabrielSiberon07]

I mean, most of this video is false, but ok

[@milantoth6246]

Watch Knowing better’s video

[@KarateCowboy05]

@@milantoth6246 watch anything with Prof Carol Delaney in it

[@lilcarlitos2231]

Now how are we going to change the school lessons?

[@QwertyUiop-bs2zr]

FireCat you arent, I dont really believe you study a lot of Spanish history in the US but if you are just going to lie and call him a monster and say everyone knew the earth was round, you should just keep it like it is

[@QwertyUiop-bs2zr]

He did many bad things but if you want to learn history dont watch this channel

[@arielsiva8753]

Qqerty Uiop yeah, what he did was far worse than what adam describe. Read his biography instead if you want to know fully what he did.

[@eworldly]

What I really like about this show is that they put their sources I the top right corner. Whenever I watch on TV I always have my phone on me to search during commerical breaks and learn more because the show only does an overview and simplifies a lot to be able to show on TV and to appeal to a larger audience. If it didn't, stuff like this would be like the snore fests you see on PBS. National geographic, always better.

[@davidd3063]

yes you see, the importatnt thing is who discovered the united states!!! the rest are not even americans... All the world cared about back then was the united states

[@GaladorLP]

you hear it kids! If a strange man comes out of nowhere and invites you to his magic van: go with him!

[@geofftitchener98]

Add a thing saying that this is a joke for all the idiots out there.

[@RandomeAncientBadGuy]

So basically americans celebrated the fanfiction version of columbus.

[@lionobama1397]

I believed everything he said but when I saw the comment section I was so confused

[@lionobama1397]

Luka lack of knowledge

[@mihasmradovic6486]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHbaaZZsidKtfck

[@jonsguitarchannel8030]

3:25 "What is gold?" Maybe check the necklace hanging around your neck buddy

[@clydefrogzz]

Ehh maybe they were just painted yellow

[@UltraGalaxyify]

Don't argue with the cartoon, it has the same agenda as Adam

[@muhamadsaefulalim1405]

Stupid coment

[@gestapo81]

@@clydefrogzz to look like gold?

[@KingmanHighborn]

bone most likely. Scrimshaw is still a great artform.

[@wesleyhunt7599]

I knew most of this already (they teach it in HIGH school); but Adam missed a few things I'd like to add: -Columbus was not as bad at math as the video claimed. The dispute came from Metric vs. Imperial units (the more things change, right?). Columbus used Roman units, Isabella used the predecessor to the Metric system. So Columbus believed the trip was shorter than Isabella. -Adam didn't mention the people Irving's biography screwed over. Italians could just as easily have been influenced by Amerigo Vespucci, who--you know--is the namesake of the country! Plus Ponce de Leon actually set foot on the continent, in Florida no less. -He didn't mention the struggle of the Finnish and Swedish Americans who campaigned for Leif Erickson Day instead. Leif Erickson, i.e. NOT a brutal genocider, was said to have found the American continent centuries earlier. But the Italians won that battle because of government sympathies or something.

[@NathanWubs]

he was bad at math, even using that unit of measurement he would not have made that stupid estimation if he had been that smart.

[@bernnymwamba7522]

I celebrate Leif Erickson Day because of Spongebob !

[@sirace3311]

Leif Erickson was a nice guy like all the Vikings explorers. Polite and nice with local inhabitants :D Actually the Viking villages in Terranova were destroyed by local natives after small fights going on for the decades. Vikings gave up in colonization and that's why Erickson is not considered the real discoverer of America. His heritage didn't last, differently from Colombo's one...

[@Music_Lover0612]

Wesley Hunt By government sympathy do you mean Mafia?

[@wesleyhunt7599]

Yeah. That seems like a good answer. Mafia promoted it. Makes a lot of sense if you think about it.

[@PandoraNR]

Adam: "Columbus never set foot in America,..." Washington Irving: "AMERICA IS AMERICA!"

[@choopdap]

I think he meant North America

[@legendaresn6983]

@@choopdap While yes, he would still be obviously wrong. Since america is the new world

[@choopdap]

@@legendaresn6983 technically everyone is wrong cuz the natives discovered it first

[@legendaresn6983]

@@choopdap Thats not how discovery works. The natives were part of the discovery as they were the inhabitats of the new world. You can't find out that you're part of the new world if you think that you're part of the only world

[@choopdap]

@@legendaresn6983 if we are using that logic then the Norse who lived in Greenland said to North America and established Vinland in 1200’s

[@riccardomallardo9929]

Columbus was a great guy. Mess with bruschetta you get the beretta

[@waleedaslam2356]

United States = North and South America - Adam

[@FranXiT]

Not even south. Just north.

[@Smile4theKillCam456]

(and Central)

[@basedtvrk9125]

Smh, every educated person knows that's called "Africa 2.0, but now it's *S M O L* "

[@JNY42]

I love how you guys know he means the USA when he says America. Just saying all the Americas were discovered because people already lived there.

[@kennycooper294]

the usa claims the name for itself lol when we say america we dont include Canadians

[@LimeyLassen]

Also, Leif Erikson

[@colonelfluffikin6303]

Hinga dinga durgin

[@DiepPlaysMC]

Leif Erikson might have discovered Northern America, but nobody knows for sure.

[@jvelin9723]

Also the Bering Land Bridge. Da boi's came from russia to alaska

[@dugilee4236]

He did discover Nothern America first, there were Viking boat at the northern America

[@clivethefuhrer822]

David Diepersloot are ypu dumb?

[@julescrak4643]

Cristopher Columbus actually did step foot in America, just not the United States.

[@mod321]

He was not even the first European person in America. That was the vikings.

[@Gandingas]

they taught me a similar story in school but left out the murder part.

[@whispp_purr1459]

I was told he had to journals. A personal one and another to keep his records. And he had two maps, one fake. When he figured he was lost at sea he showed his crew the fake map and told them they were getting closer to land to encourage them to not give up. Turns out the fake map was more accurate.

[@DaveSmith-cp5kj]

They left it out because it wasn't a big deal. The natives came to him first warning about the OTHER tribes that were commuting genocide (people erroneously think all native americans are the same). The spanish through Columbus offered them refuge and defenses in turn for offering loyalty to Spain. Those who later defected after the agreement were killed by Columbus. When Columbus later lost his governorship it wasn't because he was brutal, but because he was a commoner not a noble and many in the political elites of Spain resented that he had governorship despite not having noble blood.

[@DaveSmith-cp5kj]

Whispp, he did have two records but the fake one was not actually more accurate. The real which implied a shorter trip than it actually was. The fake one implied a longer trip in order to prevent mutiny so his crew thought everything was still according to plan.

[@apereason3057]

It just goes to show you what was socially acceptable in the 1500's

[@DaveSmith-cp5kj]

Johnny, it wasn't socially acceptable for someone of noble blood to hold governorship of Spanish territory, and it was the Fifteenth century, not the 1500's (which would be the 16th century). Back then a commoner holding a position of political power was unheard of. This is why the nobles stole Columbus's power by making up lies in court. King Ferdinand luckily saw through the ruse and acquitted Columbus and his brothers, but even the King did not have the political influence to defend a non-noble having governing powers, and the Queen was unfortunately deceased to defend her decision of granting Columbus' original voyage.