I believe it was Frederick Douglass.
The answer to your question is: True. The ancient egyptiants participated in sports such as wrestling, long jump, swimming, rowing, etc
This is true because Christopher Columbus had to make four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain. These trips took place in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. he hoped to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, he never did. Instead he found the Americas where millions of people had already lived. Columbus finding the Americas was the start of many centuries of exploration and colonization of North and South America.
