To: Richard Poe
The "Three Brothers" set sail from Carvajal, looking back at their lighthouse at Brigantia on the Dead Coast from time to time, and then always North to Scota.
That was 700 BC and they did it in leather covered boats - right out into the Atlantic Ocean without hugging the coast.
They did it just like they regularly did such things.
And so, how far is it really from Spain to Ireland as a crow flies?
2 posted on
04/25/2002 4:53:03 PM PDT by
muawiyah
To: Richard Poe
re your # 1.....A great hero of nature that you spotlight.
But , I am afraid, the world is effeminite and in a state of selfishness.
Most of us merely coast on and enjoy like paracites the magnificent achievments of this person and similar humans...in all noble endeavors.....
Sad.
3 posted on
04/25/2002 4:53:19 PM PDT by
rmvh
To: Richard Poe
Of all the books I've read,Kon Tiki was the first that I can remember reading. What a magnificent adventure to prove your theory. the sayers always scoff at the doers.
To: Richard Poe
Thank you for this post. It fills in a few blanks for me.
One suspects that those who deride his "unscientific" accomplishment should suffer derision themselves for their lack of vision and insight as to what he proved.
It is doubtful that "postulators" in time to come will as easily discount the possibility/probability correlation which up until his voyages the so-called "scientific" pundits were able to summarily dismiss.
5 posted on
04/25/2002 5:28:45 PM PDT by
Spirited
To: Richard Poe;LostTribe
"Greek legend holds that an Egyptian king named Danaos sailed a war fleet to the Peloponnese, conquered Greece and ordered the natives to call themselves "Danaans" in his honor. "These were Israelites from the tribe of DAN who were living in Egypt.
6 posted on
04/25/2002 5:43:54 PM PDT by
blam
To: Richard Poe
He was an adventurer and a celebrated for his accomplishments. What passes for celebrities in this new millenium is sickening.
To: Richard Poe
8 posted on
04/25/2002 5:58:30 PM PDT by
blam
To: *Gods, Graves, Glyphs; Richard Poe
Just adding this to the GGG homepage, not sending a general distribution. Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on or off the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
13 posted on
07/20/2004 10:24:45 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
To: Richard Poe
Great story about a great man. As a young man I dreamed and read Kon Tiki and Aku Aku. Still to this day the mystery of Easter Island haunts me.
Mr. Poe, go and live your dreams. Aloha
16 posted on
08/27/2005 8:04:51 PM PDT by
fish hawk
(I am only one, but I am not the only one.)
To: Richard Poe
On a discovery show about the ancient port of Caesarea it mentioned that seasonal winds blew north from Africa every year.
An Egyptian boat with a sail could easily sail north on those winds.
19 posted on
02/08/2014 12:13:17 PM PST by
wildbill
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