Westerners used to describe the arrival of the whites to foreign places using the word “discovery.” Clearly this is a one-sided way of viewing an historical event that’s no longer acceptable to the objective viewer.

Indeed, this onerous viewpoint has occasioned a “counter appropriation” where the other side is now claiming it is they who discovered the Western or white interloper.

Most historians now refrain from using the ethnocentric orientation of the word “discovery.”

Thus, the historical moment of March 16, 1521 is viewed from such terms as “arrival” or “coming” or “reaching.”

It does seem strange for “natives” to describe themselves as having been discovered when the truth and reality of the situation is they were never lost in the first place.

Vicente Calibo de Jesus
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Can I ask though - how did you get this picked up and into google news?

Very impressive that this blog is syndicated through Google and is it something that is just up to Google or you actively created?

Obviously this is a popular blog with great data so well done on your seo success..

Windsurfing greats you should write about next.