Quote by Oscar Wilde

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I mys

Summary

This quote suggests that the discovery of America is a misnomer and instead proposes that it was not truly discovered but rather stumbled upon or detected by those who were not expecting to find it. It questions the notion of discovery in the traditional sense, highlighting the fact that there were already indigenous peoples living in America long before it was "discovered" by Europeans. The quote challenges the Eurocentric perspective of Columbus' "discovery" and prompts a reconsideration of history from a different angle.

By Oscar Wilde

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