THE VIRGINA COMPANY

THE VIRGINIA COMPANY Columbus was not the first person to cross the Atlantic, despite the fact that his journey from Europe to the Americas was a noteworthy accomplishment. There is mounting evidence that the Norse Vikings, under the leadership of Leif Erikson, briefly settled in North America in the eleventh century, some 500 years before Columbus. Between 1405 and 1433, Admiral Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty's court is renowned for his remarkable expeditions across the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific. His armada may have landed on the American Pacific coast around 1421, seventy years before Columbus, according to some academics. However, the African trip to the Americas is rarely discussed by scholars other than those of African and Arab ancestry. 1500 BC-A.D: 1500, The Historical Testimony of Pre-Columbian Artists” called attention to depictions in clay, gold, copper, and copal from ancient and medieval Central and South America showing people with “Negroid” features. These depictions clearly show traits such as curled or kinky hair, sometimes goatee beards (uncommon among American-Indian populations), prominent jaws, distinctive coloring, broad noses, and full lips. Artwork depicting people who resemble Tyrone rather than indigenous Indians ought to be all the proof we need (shrug emoji here). In addition, the art displayed features such as African-style ear pendants, headdresses, hairstyles, facial tattoos, and scarification.