If you‘re asked by someone about who discovered America , what's your answer. If you answer is Christopher Columbus, so the answer is wrong. Christopher Columbus, who has real name as Chrisoffa Corombia, then translated into English as Christopher Columbus, not the first person who discovered the American continent.
According to Fareed H Nurman in “American Muslim History A Chronological Observation” said that muslims of African have established relationships with the native American continent long before Colombus arrived.
Ivan Sertima, An historian, linguist and anthropologist at Rutgers University in the United States also said the same thing, he said that Columbus also know that the muslims from the west coast of Africa have lived it first on the continent, before Columbus.
The Facts of Islamic presence in the American continent before Columbus arrived, also were dictated by an archaeologist and linguist of Harvard University, Dr. Barry Fell in his work entitled "Saga America". Fell said that Islam is not only arrived earlier than Christopher Columbus, but also has built a civilization on the continent.
A lot of evidence that reinforces the above statement:
1. Mosques building that built in magnificent shape.
2. A lot of vocabulary derived from Arabic.
3. Old inscription which was written in Arabic "Yasus bin Maria", it means "Jesus son of Maria". This phrase according to Fell only found in the holy book the Koran and the old inscription also older in a few centuries than Columbus arrived.
Here are some other facts about the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the American continent, although some say that the continent that he visited is the Bahamas island.
1. Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451. He loved the sea. He became a sailor when he was fifteen years old.
2. After many years and many travels, Columbus became an excellent sea captain. [He had many maps that showed that the earth was round. The maps showed that it was possible to sail west to get to the East.]
3. Columbus's maps showed that Japan was across the Atlantic Ocean, 2,700 miles away. Columbus did not know that his maps were wrong. Japan is really 12,200 miles to the west! And North and South America are in the way.
4. Columbus asked King Henry of Portugal for ships and sailors to discover the way to China and Japan. King Henry said no.
5. Then Columbus went to Spain and asked Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand. There was a war in Spain. "Wait until the war is over," Queen Isabella said.
6. Columbus had to wait many years. The war was over, at last, in 1492. Then Queen Isabella said yes.
7. The city of Palos gave Columbus three ships: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. Queen Isabella gave Columbus money and ninety sailors.
8. The three little ships sailed from Palos on August 3. First they stopped at the Canary Islands for more food and water. They left the Canaries on September 6.
9. The weather was good and the trip was easy. Columbus promised the sailors that they would all become rich. At first the sailors were excited. But day after day passed and they did not see land. The sailors became afraid.
10. After four weeks the sailors wanted to go back. They thought they would die if they didn't turn around.
11. Columbus said, "If we don't find land in three days, we will go back." He offered a prize to the first man to see land. Two times someone shouted, "Land!" but it was a mistake.
12. At last, they saw some birds. They followed the birds. On the thirty-fifth day, two hours after midnight, a sailor on the Pinta shouted "Land!" He could see land by the light of the moon.
13. That morning, October 12, all the men went ashore. They were very happy to be on land. They kissed the sand on the beach.
14. The people who lived on the island were the Arawak. Arawak is one of the tribes who lived on the continent, there are other tribes who also lived on the continent such as the Anasazi, Apache, Cherokee, Arikana, Chavin Cree, Makkah, Hohokam, Hupa, Hopi, Mahigan, Mohawk, Nazca, Zulu, and Zuni . In fact, some Indian chiefs also wore a distinctive Muslims headger. They are the Chief of Chippewa, Creek, Iowa, Kansas, Miami, Potawatomi, Sauk, Fox, Seminole, Shawnee, Sioux, Winnebago, and Yuchi
