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Idk dude. Everything you said was right, but I still think you're wrong. Columbus, like it or not, is what brought attention to mainland Europe of North America. Yes we can go on about Leif Erikson but that's just not hiw history is generally written.
Khan didn't bring news of China to his lands. Hitler didn't happen upon Poland. Columbus "found" America, therefore explorer