25 BCE) on events that took place when Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer was a proconsul in Gaul (62%9 BCE): When he was proconsul in Gaul, he was presented with certain Indians as a present by the king of the Boti asking whence they had come to these lands, he learned they had been seized by strong storms from Indian waters, that they had traveled across the regions between, and that at last they had landed on the shores of Germany. The first of these texts comes from 43 CE and the pen of the Roman geographer Pomponius Mela in De situ orbis (3.45), referencing material Mela is quoting from a now-lost earlier work of the Roman writer Cornelius Nepos (c.100 BCE-c. It begins, however, with a pair of ancient texts that seem almost completely unrelated to the modern claim, though they are the only facts on which the claim rests. The alleged Native American encounter with Europe in 60 BCE winds its way through alternative history like kudzu. 60 BCE is about right, though, give or take. In the original ancient texts on which this claim is ultimately based, the people were not Native Americans, were not two in number, and did not land in Holland.
Well, as it turns out, the writers are uncritically repeating a piece of centuries-old speculation that is widespread in alternative publications and online.
Surely, such a claim must have a solid basis in fact. and were promptly not given a national holiday by anyone." (1) Within one week of publication, more than 1.7 million people had viewed the article and its shocking report of a Native American voyage to Roman-era Europe.Īs a long-time observer of alternative histories, when I read this I wondered how I had missed such an important ancient record of trans-oceanic crossing. Two Native Americans landed in Holland in 60 B.C. The authors sparked widespread discussion online by writing that "Columbus wasn't the first to cross the Atlantic. O'Brien and co-author Alford Alley claimed that their article would expose the facts behind government and media distortion and simplification of American history.
On May 15,, an online humor site run by former ABC News producer Jack O'Brien, published a piece on the "Six Ridiculous Lies You Believe about the Founding of America." articles present humorous or satirical discussions of fact-based material. DID YOU KNOW THAT NATIVE AMERICANS DISCOVERED Europe in 60 BCE? No? Well, you aren't reading the right websites and alternative history books.
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