[sawsalimb]

Farley Mowatt,the author of a book called The Farfarers, makes an interesting postulation that there was a society of Europeans who predated the Vikings. The postulated group,who he refers to as "Albans",are supposed to have established outposts across the southern Arctic,and as far south as the present day Maritime Provinces. This group-if they indeed existed-could also account for some European genes in the Narragansett population.

[Antoninus]

The postulated group,who he refers to as "Albans",are supposed to have established outposts across the southern Arctic,and as far south as the present day Maritime Provinces.

Maybe the Irish. Isn't there a legend of St. Brendan sailing off to the West?