tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30969459.post1255035182892591357..comments2023-10-05T05:39:34.163-04:00Comments on The Drawn Cutlass: Viking Ship Unearthed In Memphis*Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30969459.post-33794906274281339952014-08-16T15:45:15.749-04:002014-08-16T15:45:15.749-04:00Damn. I'm let down about the hoax. That was pr...Damn. I'm let down about the hoax. That was pretty neat while it lasted. <br />Paul, Dammit!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02264872375942355609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30969459.post-22481762583966895492014-08-16T10:21:46.423-04:002014-08-16T10:21:46.423-04:00@Brigid: Columbus wasn't the first, of course,...@Brigid: Columbus wasn't the first, of course, but traditionally gets the credit, although Leif Ericson of Iceland is more in favor these days. Other pre-Columbian explorers possibly included St. Brendan of Ireland, Prince Madoc of Wales, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Pre-Columbian_trans-oceanic_contact" rel="nofollow">among many others.</a> More recently it is thought that there were Chinese visits to the west coast of America. Louis L'Amour often wrote of pre-Columbian explorations in his novels.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30969459.post-73731723020115795622014-08-16T09:04:12.793-04:002014-08-16T09:04:12.793-04:00That's pretty cool. I never totally bought of...That's pretty cool. I never totally bought off on those history lessons of Columbus being the first. Probably because I'm descended from Vikings.Home on the Rangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836315423040719919noreply@blogger.com