What would be some of the effects if Christopher Columbus had never landed on the Americas??
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He might not be the hero that people think he he was.\nProof of the vikings landing there before him might have survived.\nThe Pilgrim Fathers might have not bothered to colonise.\nThe Indigenous people may have divided the land with a tribal influence, instead of The United States.\nLord Cornwallis would have stayed at home and grown old.\nBoston Harbour would not have had a tea party.\nPlace names in America would not have been taken from Europe,ie, New York, New Jersey, LIVERPOOL, and would have all been Indian.\nImmigrants are and have been the life blood of the Americas and also the biggest perceived problem for the future, save terrorism.and if Columbus had not landed, you would be a far different person than you are today.\nGod Bless America.
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Consider the fact that Indians lived and fought all over the country before Americans landed and many died and were buried or creamated. Also pioneers buried their dead anywhere they died. We cannot be sure that nobody died there.
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Christopher Columbus did not go anywhere to try and be free. He got lost.
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Short answer: nothing would happen.\n\nLonger answer:  Think of it like this.  The oceans make up 2/3rds of the surface area of the planet, approximately.  They are much, much deeper than tall buildings, trees, or even mountains.  Also think about water displacement- the volume of water that something displaces is equal to its own volume.\n\nRising sea levels are caused, mostly, by melting polar ice caps.  So how big are these ice caps and how much is melting?  The ice caps cover the Arctic (the size of a major continent) and most of Antarctica, which together is probably the size of two major continents.  Worst case scenario- most of it melts.  Let's be optimistic- 10%.  Can you really imagine the boats that we have adding up to 10% the volume of an entire continent, let alone two?  No, it's ridiculous.  A mountain or two, sure, plausible, but something the size of Texas?  No.  Absolutely not.
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I read somewhere that Amerigo Vespucci authored a very popular map of the new world, but nobody knew what the interior of the continents looked like so he had to leave that area blank...and inasmuch as he had all that open space to work with, he placed his name very prominently in the middle of the continental area.  Other people saw the name and assumed it was the name of the land (and not the author) and started calling it America as a result.  So essentially it was a mistake.
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The Legends\n\n[ Columbus - The Tragedies -Atlantis & UFOs ]\n \nIn the past 100 years, the Bermuda Triangle has claimed over 1000 lives.  In reality, that is only 10 a year.  Though these lives lost are tragedies, this is not that incredible of a figure.  It is how they died that have sparked many legends.  These flames were given fuel by V. Gaddis article in "Argossy:  Magazine of Masterpiece Fiction" where the term "Bermuda Triangle was first used. \n \nThe first legends of the Bermuda Triangle begin already with Cristopher Columbus.  As a captain, he was greatly respected, and his brave sailing efforts helped revolutionize the world.  Much of the information we have about Columbus is picked up directly from his journal, so we are able to trace his footsteps to the New World.  His first problem occured as he ran into the Sargasso Sea.  The crew was greatly disappointed when seaweed and land birds were sighted, but after a few days no land was to be seen.  Soon after, Columbus reported his compass acting strangly.  He did not report this to his crew due to their deep superstitions.    Days later, Columbus saw a large meteor fall from the sky.  He described it as "a large ball of light fallen from the sky."   It is unsure whether he mentions this occurences in awe, because of its great size, or in fright.  Later in their trip, Columbus and a few crew members sighted a few dancing lights on the horizon.  They wandered about in the Carribbean for over a week yet before sighting land.\n \nSince Columbus, as many as 100 ships and planes have been reported missing, taking over 1000 lives.  A select few of them are reported here...   (feel free to submit your own should you so desire.  Please report your sources.)\n \n\n1872:  The Mary Celeste\n\n1945:  The disappearance of 5 Navy avengers - Flight 19\n\n1947:  Army C-45 Superfort vanishes 100 miles off Bermuda.\n1948:  Four-engined Tudor IV lost with 31 lives.\n  1948:  DC-3 lost with 32 passengers and crew.\n1949:  Second Tudor IV vanishes.\n1950:  Giant US Air Force Globemaster lost.\n1950:  American freighter, SS Sandra (350 ft), sinks without a trace.\n1952:  British York transport plane lost with 33 aboard.\n1954:  US Navy Lockheed Constellation vanishes with 42 aboard.\n1956:  US Navy seaplane, Martin p5M, dessappears with crew of ten.\n1962:  US Air Force KB-50 tanker plane lost.\n1963:  Marine Sulpher Queen vanishes without a trace.\n1967:  Military YC-122, converted to cargo plane, lost.\n1970:  French freighter Milton latrides disappears.\n1972:  German freighter Anita (20,000 tons), lost with crew of 32.\n1997:   Passengers dissappear from German yacht.\n\n \n\nOther people believe that the Triangle houses the famous lost city of Atlantis.  No evidence has been brought forth to prove this theory, but many claim to have seem or "felt the powers" of the lost city.  Other people look at the lack of information and mystery involved and turn to the only other possible solution--Aliens!  Again, there is little evidence to show any sign of UFOs in the area.  Several people have claimed to have made UFO sightings, but even popular UFO experts and enthusiasts do not support the photographs involved.\n \nPerhaps the ocean is to remain a secret to man, a mystery, to keep us away from the power nature truly has over man.  This mystery can serve as a warning and to inspire awe into men's heart, looking at the greatness and power this great Creation.
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There's still disagreement about just where Columbus first saw the new world and set foot upon its shores.  No one knows for sure.\n\nHere are some sites that may be helpful to you.  Best of luck.
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I think specialdark answered this one quite nicely. Columbus gets all the accolades because he was a white, Christian, European male of the species. The fact that people of another race had already been living here for at least 10,000 years is thus made a moot point. As a student and scholar of History, I must confess that I am not always proud of how historians have recorded such "discoveries" and other assorted feats of humankind. Revisionist history can be quite nauseating, even "politically correct," but the simple fact is that Columbus did not "discover" America.
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Hard to tell, seeing as how much time has passed. I bet Latin America wouldn't be Catholic, since Spain would probably have been taken over as well. \n\nProbably no Protestant Reformation, either. The world would be quite different.
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Good old Wikipedia...\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus
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Columbus was the first person from Europe to write that the natives would be good for slavery and other forms of exploitation.  \n\nFor the most part, Native Americans don't like columbus.
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First, the ocean tides would be significantly less noticeable (the sun also acts minutely on the ocean tides).  Second, it would be rather dark at night.  Third, the calendar would be much different from the way we know it now since a month was based loosely around the lunar cycle.\n\nMuch of history would also be different since many civilizations used the moon to define timer periods.  The Apollo space program would not have happened.  It is even questionable whether the climate on our planet might have been different without the moon.
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Many scientists and pediatricians say that Native Americans from Asia were first, crossing the Bering Land Bridge during the most recent Ice Age, but a new report shows shocking new evidence.\nA boy named Chrissy (Columbus)lived in a small civilization on an island in the Northern Atlantic, called the King civilization.  Chrissy was not what you would call a "ladies man," and therefore did not have many friends. His mother suggested plastic (or in his age bronze) surgery to approve his appearance.  However, this plan backfired and he was so hideous that the other kids would not even let him join in any reindeer games.  He realized his life was not worth living, so he followed his abnormally red nose through the water and swam to the nearest land he came to. Also, because of the gurgling noises he made during his grueling and record-setting swim, he inadvertently created an onomatopoeia that is now our word "swimming."\nWhen he arrived on shore and after he checked in through the customs as Ellis Island, he realized he was, in fact, the FIRST PERSON to arrive.  This was quite exciting for him.\nAs the first person in the USA, he had multitudinous opportunities to rob the unmanned toystores and corndog stands, but, as we so very well know, our founding FATHER (not FATHERS) was a man of impeccable integrity and a devout scientologist (that's how the country go to be so darn rich, duh). He stole no jawbreakers or Furbies, however he did purchase a fully functional DDR set at a self-checkout and partied it up with a big screen in the vacant streets.  It was a rockin time.\nHowever, as we well know, losers can never have a happy life.  One of his archrivals, Georgie (Washington), who only wanted to torture Chrissy a little more, inadvertantly followed him to this new land, and being the jerk he was, he claimed the land as his own and named it after his stupid, girly little dog "Miss America" leaving off the "Miss" and keeping the "America."\nChrissy, in dismay, dance danced himself to the brink of death and then hung himself from the nearest tree, which happened to be a cherry tree.  Georgie was appalled (not at what he saw, but at the attention Chrissy might gain at this desperate act for attention).  So he promptly chopped it down and built the first log cabin with it and cremated Chrissy's body while heating up some good old-fashioned popping corn over the blaze. When other jerks arrived and asked of Chrissy's whereabouts, Georgie said he did not know, and therefore told the truth.  However, even recenter studies now point out the obvious flaw in the story: no one really cared about Chrissy and therefore would not have asked about his whereabouts.\nSo there you have it. No bridges of land or nomadic peoples, and that nonsense.  Just a simple, harmless case of hazing and childhood fun.  \nWhat a rich heritage we all have.  It's a shame more of us don't know about it. Sad.
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There were no countries when he landed because before him not a single person had been here to establish a country. historic al fact.
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"Christopher Columbus!"
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It slavery never happen America wouldn't exist today. They probably would be ruled by Indians or Mexican or something. The slightest thing can completely change History. And you know they would be in Africa.
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OK, well Columbus wasn't working for the British, look that up on wiki if you don't know that.  secondly with the help of the French we kicks some British ass, look up American revolution on wiki