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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,700 [Music] 2 00:00:01,700 --> 00:00:04,310 [Applause] 3 00:00:04,310 --> 00:00:07,589 hello and welcome to history in seven 4 00:00:07,589 --> 00:00:09,900 facts the history side of this channel 5 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:12,450 check out this playlist watch the entire 6 00:00:12,450 --> 00:00:15,210 series and please subscribe if you want 7 00:00:15,210 --> 00:00:19,080 to see more videos like this one it's 8 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:20,850 common knowledge that the Genovese 9 00:00:20,850 --> 00:00:22,980 Explorer Christopher Columbus was the 10 00:00:22,980 --> 00:00:26,939 one who discovered America in 1492 but 11 00:00:26,939 --> 00:00:29,760 at the same time this is wrong 12 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,488 centuries before he was even born others 13 00:00:32,488 --> 00:00:34,500 already set foot on the grounds of the 14 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:37,620 new world in some ways it is true that 15 00:00:37,620 --> 00:00:40,230 Columbus's discovery gave birth to the 16 00:00:40,230 --> 00:00:42,960 new world as it set in motion a wave of 17 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:44,430 colonial expansionism 18 00:00:44,430 --> 00:00:47,430 but he wasn't the first European to set 19 00:00:47,430 --> 00:00:49,710 foot there nor was he trying to prove 20 00:00:49,710 --> 00:00:52,500 that the earth is round people already 21 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:55,440 knew that he was simply trying to find a 22 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,320 new shorter way to sail towards Asia not 23 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:00,270 for the sake of discovery but for 24 00:01:00,270 --> 00:01:03,359 financial reasons and by the way one 25 00:01:03,359 --> 00:01:06,090 more little detail Columbus first set 26 00:01:06,090 --> 00:01:08,729 foot on San Salvador in the Bahamas not 27 00:01:08,729 --> 00:01:11,460 the mainland and not on present-day US 28 00:01:11,460 --> 00:01:14,130 territory on the other hand the term 29 00:01:14,130 --> 00:01:16,530 discovery doesn't really fit into this 30 00:01:16,530 --> 00:01:18,810 picture either the Americas have been 31 00:01:18,810 --> 00:01:22,110 inhabited by people for at least 20,000 32 00:01:22,110 --> 00:01:23,990 years 33 00:01:23,990 --> 00:01:27,060 today we know that ancient civilizations 34 00:01:27,060 --> 00:01:29,580 such as the Egyptians or Phoenicians did 35 00:01:29,580 --> 00:01:32,490 have the means to get to America some of 36 00:01:32,490 --> 00:01:34,440 their ships were indeed capable of a 37 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:37,350 transatlantic sailing so there have been 38 00:01:37,350 --> 00:01:39,090 speculations that they might have 39 00:01:39,090 --> 00:01:41,369 actually made the trip but the lack of 40 00:01:41,369 --> 00:01:44,610 evidence dismisses the idea for now but 41 00:01:44,610 --> 00:01:46,710 in the case of the Romans there might be 42 00:01:46,710 --> 00:01:50,220 some hints that they made it the Roman 43 00:01:50,220 --> 00:01:52,649 Empire once stretched from Hadrian's 44 00:01:52,649 --> 00:01:54,990 Wall between England and Scotland all 45 00:01:54,990 --> 00:01:58,080 the way to the deserts of Syria so they 46 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,720 had to build large sturdy ships in order 47 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,210 to cross the Mediterranean Sea and sail 48 00:02:03,210 --> 00:02:06,390 in rough waters some Roman galleys were 49 00:02:06,390 --> 00:02:09,060 as big as the 18th century warships so 50 00:02:09,060 --> 00:02:11,160 it's quite likely that these ships could 51 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,920 have survived a trip to America but 52 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:15,780 there are no written records of such a 53 00:02:15,780 --> 00:02:18,510 trip nor will they found any remains of 54 00:02:18,510 --> 00:02:20,459 Roman settlements anywhere in the 55 00:02:20,459 --> 00:02:23,220 Americas but there was one thing that 56 00:02:23,220 --> 00:02:25,260 spurred the imagination of many 57 00:02:25,260 --> 00:02:27,540 archaeologists a small terra cotta 58 00:02:27,540 --> 00:02:30,000 figurine of a man's head found in the 59 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,989 Toluca Valley in Mexico in 1933 this 60 00:02:33,989 --> 00:02:36,870 head is very very similar to the style 61 00:02:36,870 --> 00:02:38,940 of statues and figurines made in the 62 00:02:38,940 --> 00:02:42,000 greco-roman world using a method called 63 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,040 thermoluminescence scientists 64 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:45,930 established the figuring state of 65 00:02:45,930 --> 00:02:50,040 creation 200 AD this again matches the 66 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,350 style of the head with that present in 67 00:02:52,350 --> 00:02:55,230 the Roman Empire in this era but how the 68 00:02:55,230 --> 00:02:57,810 hell did such a figurine end up in 69 00:02:57,810 --> 00:03:00,299 Mexico the soil in which it was found 70 00:03:00,299 --> 00:03:03,209 was dated to sometime around 1510 71 00:03:03,209 --> 00:03:05,519 shortly before any Europeans reached 72 00:03:05,519 --> 00:03:08,970 this area could this be proof that Roman 73 00:03:08,970 --> 00:03:12,320 galleys visited Mexico 1,800 years ago 74 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:16,049 well the Romans were a messy bunch they 75 00:03:16,049 --> 00:03:19,200 always left lots of traces wherever they 76 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,480 went so we should find more than just a 77 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,090 small clay head most probably this 78 00:03:24,090 --> 00:03:26,310 figurine drifted from a shipwreck all 79 00:03:26,310 --> 00:03:28,739 the way to Mexico where someone found it 80 00:03:28,739 --> 00:03:31,410 but it needs to be said that a Roman 81 00:03:31,410 --> 00:03:33,449 contact with the Americas hasn't 82 00:03:33,449 --> 00:03:34,510 vinick's 83 00:03:34,510 --> 00:03:39,190 yet there's another civilization that we 84 00:03:39,190 --> 00:03:41,380 know for sure visited America before 85 00:03:41,380 --> 00:03:44,830 Columbus the Vikings the evidence in 86 00:03:44,830 --> 00:03:46,780 this case is undeniable and is 87 00:03:46,780 --> 00:03:48,880 corroborated by the tales found in the 88 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,670 saga of the Greenlanders according to 89 00:03:51,670 --> 00:03:53,890 these writings the first discovery was 90 00:03:53,890 --> 00:03:57,340 accidental in the year 1986 ad an 91 00:03:57,340 --> 00:04:00,220 Icelandic merchant BR Denis Ariel son 92 00:04:00,220 --> 00:04:03,220 left Norway to go home but when he 93 00:04:03,220 --> 00:04:05,590 reached Iceland he found that his father 94 00:04:05,590 --> 00:04:08,620 Harry Uhl left to join a new colony in 95 00:04:08,620 --> 00:04:11,410 Greenland so he decided pretty much on 96 00:04:11,410 --> 00:04:14,050 the spot to go after him but on his way 97 00:04:14,050 --> 00:04:16,390 he got lost and drifted on a different 98 00:04:16,390 --> 00:04:18,880 course one that pushed him on the shores 99 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,970 of a hilly and forested land he didn't 100 00:04:21,970 --> 00:04:24,250 land on these shores but the description 101 00:04:24,250 --> 00:04:26,770 of his travel enticed an Explorer Leif 102 00:04:26,770 --> 00:04:30,100 Ericson he bought Bernie's ship and in 103 00:04:30,100 --> 00:04:33,729 the year 1000 he and his crew of 35 left 104 00:04:33,729 --> 00:04:36,970 Iceland in search of this new land the 105 00:04:36,970 --> 00:04:38,890 evidence we found today point to the 106 00:04:38,890 --> 00:04:41,260 Canadian shores to be this new found 107 00:04:41,260 --> 00:04:43,540 land the remains of an entire 108 00:04:43,540 --> 00:04:45,880 scandinavian colony was found at glance 109 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,370 amador in newfoundland in an area that 110 00:04:48,370 --> 00:04:50,560 looks like the descriptions from the 111 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,530 saga the colony could fit some 100 112 00:04:53,530 --> 00:04:55,330 people was built in the style that 113 00:04:55,330 --> 00:04:57,550 matches scandinavian villages from one 114 00:04:57,550 --> 00:04:59,650 millennium ago and carbon dating 'he's 115 00:04:59,650 --> 00:05:02,289 come up with the same date so there's 116 00:05:02,289 --> 00:05:04,930 pretty much no dispute that Norseman set 117 00:05:04,930 --> 00:05:09,220 foot in America long before Columbus did 118 00:05:09,220 --> 00:05:12,040 before we continue I'd like to ask you 119 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:12,700 something 120 00:05:12,700 --> 00:05:15,520 this channel has no sponsors so if you 121 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:17,890 enjoy the content I make please consider 122 00:05:17,890 --> 00:05:20,020 supporting these videos by becoming a 123 00:05:20,020 --> 00:05:22,600 patron you can check out my patreon page 124 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:24,850 by clicking here or find the link in the 125 00:05:24,850 --> 00:05:28,060 description ok now we can move on to the 126 00:05:28,060 --> 00:05:32,710 next fact there are other more disputed 127 00:05:32,710 --> 00:05:35,230 proofs of annos inclusion in North 128 00:05:35,230 --> 00:05:39,310 America in 1958 an antiquarian put up 129 00:05:39,310 --> 00:05:41,950 for sale on old parchment that displayed 130 00:05:41,950 --> 00:05:43,420 the European continent 131 00:05:43,420 --> 00:05:45,160 it was immediately bought by 132 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,380 philanthropist Paul Mellon who donated 133 00:05:47,380 --> 00:05:50,320 it to Yale University there it was 134 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,450 analyzed and was declared to be an 135 00:05:52,450 --> 00:05:54,880 authentic Scandinavian map from the mid 136 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,580 15th century that shows a part of North 137 00:05:57,580 --> 00:06:01,000 America in the upper left corner west of 138 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,580 Greenland an island called Vinland is 139 00:06:03,580 --> 00:06:06,370 clearly visible and is described to be 140 00:06:06,370 --> 00:06:09,010 the land discovered by Bernini and life 141 00:06:09,010 --> 00:06:12,040 where vines grow plenty hence its name 142 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,440 there have been disputes about the 143 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,050 authenticity of this map but to this day 144 00:06:17,050 --> 00:06:19,960 it hasn't been disproven this map is 145 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,780 real and so some Europeans of the time 146 00:06:22,780 --> 00:06:25,419 did have knowledge about the land beyond 147 00:06:25,419 --> 00:06:27,999 Greenland 148 00:06:27,999 --> 00:06:29,829 but we're still not done with the 149 00:06:29,829 --> 00:06:32,739 Vikings in the ruins of the Norse colony 150 00:06:32,739 --> 00:06:34,779 in Newfoundland three knots of a 151 00:06:34,779 --> 00:06:36,219 tropical species have been found 152 00:06:36,219 --> 00:06:39,339 although they shouldn't exist there this 153 00:06:39,339 --> 00:06:41,199 indicates that these Vikings might have 154 00:06:41,199 --> 00:06:44,339 explored way beyond what we think today 155 00:06:44,339 --> 00:06:47,589 1600 kilometers to the south in Maine a 156 00:06:47,589 --> 00:06:50,199 single Norse coin called the Maine penny 157 00:06:50,199 --> 00:06:53,499 was found at the very least this proves 158 00:06:53,499 --> 00:06:55,449 that the Vikings made contact and 159 00:06:55,449 --> 00:06:57,699 possibly traded with the local natives 160 00:06:57,699 --> 00:07:00,969 the coin was of Norwegian origin minted 161 00:07:00,969 --> 00:07:04,360 between 1067 and 1092 and was found 162 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:06,519 together with native tools and pottery 163 00:07:06,519 --> 00:07:09,429 so the Vikings definitely visited 164 00:07:09,429 --> 00:07:12,309 America settled there and made contact 165 00:07:12,309 --> 00:07:14,079 with the locals but their 166 00:07:14,079 --> 00:07:16,089 accomplishments weren't meant to last 167 00:07:16,089 --> 00:07:18,999 today no trace of their influence can be 168 00:07:18,999 --> 00:07:23,469 found in the new world okay so what 169 00:07:23,469 --> 00:07:25,839 about other civilizations did anyone 170 00:07:25,839 --> 00:07:28,049 else visit the Americas before Columbus 171 00:07:28,049 --> 00:07:30,549 possibly there was one mighty 172 00:07:30,549 --> 00:07:32,469 civilization that had extraordinary 173 00:07:32,469 --> 00:07:36,249 sailing skills the Chinese Empire in 174 00:07:36,249 --> 00:07:39,759 1421 emperor zhudi ordered an immense 175 00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:42,610 fleet to sail from nanjing to escort a 176 00:07:42,610 --> 00:07:45,129 group of ambassadors home after this 177 00:07:45,129 --> 00:07:47,319 mission they were ordered to set sail to 178 00:07:47,319 --> 00:07:49,539 the end of the world to collect taxes 179 00:07:49,539 --> 00:07:52,269 from barbarians over the sea Admiral 180 00:07:52,269 --> 00:07:54,489 John Hare was in command of this large 181 00:07:54,489 --> 00:07:57,129 fleet of advanced ships equipped with 182 00:07:57,129 --> 00:08:00,219 magnetic compasses and detailed maps we 183 00:08:00,219 --> 00:08:03,039 don't know how far did this fleet go but 184 00:08:03,039 --> 00:08:05,349 we do know that after they returned 185 00:08:05,349 --> 00:08:08,289 about one year later China's policy of 186 00:08:08,289 --> 00:08:10,899 intense exploration just stopped and the 187 00:08:10,899 --> 00:08:13,839 Empire entered an era of isolation that 188 00:08:13,839 --> 00:08:17,259 was to last 600 years could jenkees 189 00:08:17,259 --> 00:08:20,619 ships have reached America 150 190 00:08:20,619 --> 00:08:22,809 kilometers inland at the bottom of the 191 00:08:22,809 --> 00:08:24,969 Sacramento River the remains of a 192 00:08:24,969 --> 00:08:27,989 possibly Chinese vessel lie undisturbed 193 00:08:27,989 --> 00:08:30,759 small wooden remains have been recovered 194 00:08:30,759 --> 00:08:33,669 and were dated to around the Year 1410 195 00:08:33,669 --> 00:08:36,130 it was also established that the wood 196 00:08:36,130 --> 00:08:38,289 came from a cattle area tree a pine tree 197 00:08:38,289 --> 00:08:39,419 that only grows 198 00:08:39,419 --> 00:08:42,360 in southeast China but amazingly there 199 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:44,520 is still a debate whether there is a 200 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,590 shipwreck on the bottom of the river in 201 00:08:46,590 --> 00:08:49,680 the first place so far this theory has 202 00:08:49,680 --> 00:08:52,170 been labeled as a ludicrous idea with no 203 00:08:52,170 --> 00:08:53,730 evidence to back it up 204 00:08:53,730 --> 00:08:56,070 there are however what seemed to be 205 00:08:56,070 --> 00:08:58,410 traces of a Chinese language in the 206 00:08:58,410 --> 00:09:00,540 dialect of Native Americans from 207 00:09:00,540 --> 00:09:03,960 California this at least indicates some 208 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:08,850 contact between these two worlds a much 209 00:09:08,850 --> 00:09:10,710 more striking evidence of China's 210 00:09:10,710 --> 00:09:12,450 knowledge of America comes from a 211 00:09:12,450 --> 00:09:16,320 historian Matt one lean in volume 231 of 212 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:18,570 the great Chinese encyclopedia there's a 213 00:09:18,570 --> 00:09:20,700 mention of a Buddhist priest Oh Asian 214 00:09:20,700 --> 00:09:24,420 who in the year 458 left China to spread 215 00:09:24,420 --> 00:09:27,000 the word of Buddha he crossed the Great 216 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,580 Sea of the east and came back 40 years 217 00:09:29,580 --> 00:09:32,220 later with incredible tales of a country 218 00:09:32,220 --> 00:09:35,220 called foo sang he talked about an arid 219 00:09:35,220 --> 00:09:37,350 landscape dominated by the full Sun 220 00:09:37,350 --> 00:09:40,140 plant the succulent plants fruit looks 221 00:09:40,140 --> 00:09:42,360 somewhat like a pear but red in color 222 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,820 and the tree bark can be used to make 223 00:09:44,820 --> 00:09:47,370 textiles he might have been talking 224 00:09:47,370 --> 00:09:49,830 about the agave Americana plant a 225 00:09:49,830 --> 00:09:52,200 species still widely spread around 226 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,170 Mexico the priest also mentioned that 227 00:09:55,170 --> 00:09:57,330 there were no sources of ayran in this 228 00:09:57,330 --> 00:10:00,210 area and amazingly parts of Central 229 00:10:00,210 --> 00:10:02,400 America are indeed among the very few 230 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:04,170 places on earth where this mineral 231 00:10:04,170 --> 00:10:07,200 cannot be found the people of foo sang 232 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,080 were called itchy and were peaceful the 233 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,600 it's a tribe lived in Central America at 234 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,790 the time and were indeed a peaceful 235 00:10:14,790 --> 00:10:18,840 nation PO Asian strip was 20,000 days 236 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,600 long which is roughly 14,000 kilometers 237 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,150 which puts full sang somewhere in 238 00:10:24,150 --> 00:10:27,150 Central America such tales and other 239 00:10:27,150 --> 00:10:29,610 subtle hints of America can be found in 240 00:10:29,610 --> 00:10:31,560 historic records and it's clear that 241 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:34,410 America was discovered and rediscovered 242 00:10:34,410 --> 00:10:37,310 many times throughout history 243 00:10:37,310 --> 00:10:40,670 I hope this video was interesting enough 244 00:10:40,670 --> 00:10:42,560 to have inspired you to look into it 245 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:45,079 further on your own if you liked it 246 00:10:45,079 --> 00:10:47,720 leave a like and subscribe you can leave 247 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:49,399 your comments downstairs and you can 248 00:10:49,399 --> 00:10:51,499 also check out my patreon page if you 249 00:10:51,499 --> 00:10:53,540 want to support me the link is in the 250 00:10:53,540 --> 00:10:56,209 description I hope to see you next time 251 00:10:56,209 --> 00:10:59,019 bye 18964

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