>One thing that many people don't know is that Columbus was not the first >European to land in the western Hemisphere. Leif Ericson, son of Eric the >Red travelled to North America (and actually landed on it as opposed to a >tiny Island in the Caribbean thinking he was off the coast of China like the >other dumbass) 500 years before Columbus. They even settled in >Newfoundland. >
Not to mention the fact that Columbus was never out to prove the world was round. Aristotle (sp?) had already done that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318578 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm