Every year, on the second Monday of October, tens of millions of Americans celebrate the discovery of this continent by the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, and have for over a century. Columbus has long been a venerated figure around whom a number of exaggerated myths have been built. However, in recent decades, the navigator has come under fire for his numerous atrocities in the New World, and many of these myths have been torn down. In the process though, several entirely new ahistorical myths have been created in opposition to him. Among them, the claim that the Western Hemisphere was discovered by the Viking Leif Erikson has grown very popular. In this video, I explain why that is not the case, and why, even though he was a deplorable man, Columbus really did discover the Americas.

0:00 Who Discovered America?
02:50 Rewriting History
04:47 The Two Faces of Christopher Columbus
06:35 Outro & Credits

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