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The map here shows which nations made which actual discoveries (lands not previously occupied on a permanent basis).http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/map_of_the_week/2013/08/map_of_discoveries_of_european_explorers.html
Interesting map, bad attitude why they made it though.
In recent decades, respect for European explorers, such as Christopher Columbus, has waned, likely because these once-romanticized swashbuckling adventurers killed people, eradicated cultures, and “discovered” places that people (for example, the natives) already knew about.
In recent decades, respect for European explorers, such as Christopher Columbus, has waned, likely because these once-romanticized swashbuckling adventurers killed people, eradicated cultures, and “discovered” places that people (for example, the natives) already knew about.
So bad, ask Vladimir Vladimirovich P what he thinks about it ::)Is guilt (emotion) part of Western civilization only?I wonder why everything seems to be bad when it's about westerners …
So bad, ask Vladimir Vladimirovich P what he thinks about it ::) Is guilt (emotion) part of Western civilization only?I wonder why everything seems to be bad when it's about westerners …
Because Westerners have shown themselves to be the only cultural group that actually cares if the former supposedly oppressed peoples make noise. When was the last time you heard Japan apologize for anything they did in WWII and compare that with the German tendency to fall all over themselves any time someone whispers Nazi somewhere. People make noise about westerners and the west because they know some soft-headed moron is going to start agitating.
