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Is It True That...? S02 E11 ...Columbus was the first to cross an ocean?

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"A New Way of Demystifying History"

To this day, Columbus is considered the first person to have crossed an ocean. But archaeology, genetics, and indigenous knowledge systems tell a different story: Polynesians, Vikings, and even early humans reached distant continents long before him. Why do we remember Columbus—and not them?