America Before Columbus

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When you think of America before Columbus, you mostly think of it as a pristine wilderness where small native villages lives in harmony with nature.

However, the history books and scientific evidence tell a different story. In fact, when Columbus stepped ashore America in 1492, there were already millions of people already living there.

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We like to refer to America as the New World, but a very old one was already in place. There was a vast infrastructure of cities, orchards, canals, and causeways.

There are even things that European got from America. For example, the South American potato helped spark a population explosion in Europe. In 1491, before Columbus “discovered” the continent, there were more people living in America than in Europe.

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By 1500, European settlers and their plants and animals altered much of America’s landscape. But thinking of America as a pristine wilderness with small villages here and there is just plain wrong. Watch the documentary to see how the continent looked before Columbus.

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