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HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 10 months agoThe USA would still be a native american land if millions of people had not been wiped out by Europeans
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HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 10 months agoThe USA would still be a native american land if millions of people had not been wiped out by Europeans
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The Native Americans would have been much better off if they had simply strangled Columbus and all his crew the moment they made landfall…
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 10 months ago
I get the humor in what you say, but it’s worth noting that the Native American civilizations were collapsing due to disease brought by earlier European visitors by the time Columbus set sail.
Granted, history probably would’ve been largely the same if Columbus’ expeditions were unsuccessful, given the English, French, Dutch and Spanish appetites for empire building
bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
There’s a saga that is about “what if Columbus arrived to America but never got back to Europe?”. It’s “the tale of the feathered serpent”.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 10 months ago
That sounds super neat. When I google it I find these books amongst other more confused seeming results. Is that the right ones or is it something else?
Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You can say that about almost everywhere white explores showed up
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And it’s true!