[Perseverando]

Time for another American history lesson from American Minute.

Lots of info on the Islamic jihad against Europe in the article.

[TexasGator]

There was no Suez canal.

[BobL]

“Columbus sailing to India & China by going West? What blocked going East?”

Maybe a wild guess here, but I suspect that the Panama Canal had not been fully completed and certified for ocean-going ships by 1492, and therefore North, Central, and South American kind of stood in Chris’s way to reaching ‘the Orient’.

[rktman]

For more on this:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3769102/posts

Some folks hate history. Wonder why?

[al_c]

What blocked going East?

Land. It's hard to sail over land.

[DEPcom]

That reminds me of my essay I wrote for my final in Western History. The instructor Jeffery Herf (who like Islam) ask what did Islam contribute to the West.

I stated the discovery of America…

He was very surprise with my response but took it as a logical response. Got an A on the final.

[morphing libertarian]

May I add: till Henry Hudson, the Dutch and Brits thought they could go north and east along Russia to China. But each year they ran into ice, even in the summer. Some years they got further than others. Then they counted on Hudson to find the northwest passage on America.

[livius]

This is something nobody ever mentions....there were hundreds of thousands of Europeans captured and enslaved by the Muslims and goods valued in the millions were carried off by the Muslims. They effectively shut down the Mediterranean. Mohammed was nothing but a bandit warlord and so were all of his followers.

[logi_cal869]

Disregarding the rhetorical nature of the question and the fact that the article fails to mention, I read all of the comments.

I'm appalled that no one remembers that the Earth was flat in 1492.

This highlights why he didn't go 'east':

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[Openurmind]

This question is a good question. Truth is “he already knew” for sure from previous secret maps and the Greek and Arab records there was indeed another continent, but he was not sure and misfigured “how far” it was to the Americas... The “to India” stuff was all a lie that had to be followed through with to gain funding. He initially and secretly set sail for exactly what he did find... Atlantis...

[wildcard_redneck]

Hard to sail boats on land.

[Sequoyah101]

Quite an amazing tale. I wonder why we were never taught this in screwl? Not even 60 or more years ago? I wonder?

[Randy Larsen]

Europe.

[Openurmind]

https://www.culturenordic.com/products-page/vikings/a-viking-ship/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBCL0tu5ods

[genghis]

Volumbus knew about the vikings in america ge jnew america was there was not going to india or china

[elbook]

The loooooong coast of Africa which the Portuguese were already working their way around

[Blue Collar Christian]

To answer the headline; Africa.