Adopting Quote by Samuel Eliot Morison

America did not need to be discovered because quite simply America had the American-Indians. There were whole groups of people that already lived there…

— Alejandro Castro Espin

In 1492, the natives discovered they were Indians; they discovered they lived in America.

— Eduardo Galeano

Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those military advantages repeatedly enabled troops of a few…

— Jared Diamond

The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas…

— Anonymous

“When, in the fifteenth century, some audacious mariners who had sailed from Europe discovered America, nothing seemed to justify such a venture in the…

— Pierre Boulle

“Marco Polo had been to China; Vasco de Gama had discovered the route to the Cape. The continent was in ferment, in movement, whereas…

— Carlos Fuentes

“European conquerors knew their empires very well. Far better, indeed, than any previous conquerors, or even than the native population itself. Their superior knowledge…

— Yuval Noah Harari

The true America is the Middle West, and Columbus discovered nothing at all except another Europe.

— W. L. George

There were incredibly complex societies already existing in North America long before Europeans arrived. So many people think that before European contact it was…

— Joseph Boyden

In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America. Now, some have argued Columbus actually discovered the West Indies, or that…

— Jon Stewart

America has had many other discoverers besides Columbus, but he seems to have made more satisfactory arrangements with the historians than any of the…

— Bill Nye

Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were…

— Carlos Fuentes