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View submission: What if Christopher colombus expedition failed miserably ?
The truth of the matter is that the Americas would have been discovered in some fashion or another. The trade winds off the coast of the canaries would have pushed someone to the west far enough to hit the Caribbean Sea or South America, or sailors in Greenland would have been told about legends of Vinland to the west, and *someone* would have investigated. John Cabot's 1497 voyage was headed, regardless of Columbus' own expedition. Instead of celebrating Columbus Day in October, we'd be celebrating Cabot Day in July.
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