[Stepan12]

Absolutely untrue! Leif Erickson landed in America, then his group left leaving no influence. It was Columbus who discovered America for Europe. He is the one who brought european science and enlightenment thought to America (at least he brought the antecedants of such). The same cannot be said of Leif Erickson or the indians.

And if the Columbus had not discovered America, the Arabs with their superior seafaring technology (they had the astrolobe, afterall) could have claimed America as their own. A horrific thought that is only coming true in our present times: Obama, Arab American liar

[cumbo78]

What about Saint Brendan the Navigator?

[Olog-hai]

---

And if the Columbus had not discovered America, the Arabs with their superior seafaring technology (they had the astrolobe, afterall) could have claimed America as their own

---

What "superior seafaring technology" are you referring to?

BTW, the astrolabe was invented by the Greeks, and the mariner's astrolabe was also invented in Europe. Columbus himself used an astrolabe. AFAICS, the Barbary corsairs didn't make it too far from the North African coast.