Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "Vikings in North America and Greenland: The Story of Erik the Red" video.

  1. It had never been that great. Norses tried to export there their way of life, but with enourmous difficulties. Arable land was scarce, and it eroded rapidly. They tried to breed cattle, but they had to feed them with seaweed, that the cattle hated, because there was not enough grass. As a result, they had the smallest cows ever seen. From Isotopic analysis, in 14th century 50% to 80% of the diet was provided by sea sources.
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  2. And, actually, Columbus never called the Native Americans "Indians". When he reached the Caribbeans, he believed to have reached a group of islands east of Japan (because in his map there was no space for a continent at that latitude), so it would have been silly to call the inhabitants "indians". When, in his third voyage, he reached South America, he immediately recognised it was a continent (because the rivers were too big to came from an island) and a new one, (because at that latitude he couldn't still have reached east Asia), and called it "Paria". The name stood on European maps for decades, before being replaced by "America". Today it only indicates the Gulf of Paria, where he landed. So, had the Native Americans been called after Columbus, they would be called "Parians".
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  3. Actually Columbus never called the Native Americans "Indians". When he reached the Caribbeans, he believed to have reached a group of islands east of Japan (because in his map there was no space for a continent at that latitude), so it would have been silly to call the inhabitants "indians". When, in his third voyage, he reached South America, he immediately recognised it was a continent (because the rivers were too big to came from an island) and a new one, (because at that latitude he couldn't still have reached east Asia), and called it "Paria". The name stood on European maps for decades, before being replaced by "America". Today it only indicates the Gulf of Paria, where he landed. So, had the Native Americans been called after Columbus, they would be called "Parians".
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  4. And, actually, Columbus never called the Native Americans "Indians". When he reached the Caribbeans, he believed to have reached a group of islands east of Japan (because in his map there was no space for a continent at that latitude), so it would have been silly to call the inhabitants "indians". When, in his third voyage, he reached South America, he immediately recognised it was a continent (because the rivers were too big to came from an island) and a new one, (because at that latitude he couldn't still have reached east Asia), and called it "Paria". The name stood on European maps for decades, before being replaced by "America". Today it only indicates the Gulf of Paria, where he landed. So, had the Native Americans been called after Columbus, they would be called "Parians".
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  5. Actually Columbus never called the Native Americans "Indians". When he reached the Caribbeans, he believed to have reached a group of islands east of Japan (because in his map there was no space for a continent at that latitude), so it would have been silly to call the inhabitants "indians". When, in his third voyage, he reached South America, he immediately recognised it was a continent (because the rivers were too big to came from an island) and a new one, (because at that latitude he couldn't still have reached east Asia), and called it "Paria". The name stood on European maps for decades, before being replaced by "America". Today it only indicates the Gulf of Paria, where he landed. So, had the Native Americans been called after Columbus, they would be called "Parians".
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