Jean Cousin, also spelled Jehan Cousin, was a 15th-century French navigator from Normandy. It is possible that he discovered the New World in 1488, four years before Christopher Columbus, when he landed around the mouth of the Amazon River in modern-day Brazil.
Jean Cousin, also spelled Jehan Cousin, was a 15th-century French navigator from Normandy. It is possible that he discovered the New World in 1488, four years before Christopher Columbus, when he landed around the mouth of the Amazon River in modern-day Brazil.
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