...more to come...Honoring historically hidden heroThere are even signs that the Icelanders' activities in the New World could have influenced Columbus' trip. Prior to his voyage, Columbus went to Bristol, England, a city that traded extensively with Iceland, and where stories of Ericson's journey could have circulated. Columbus also visited Iceland in 1477, and as Ambassador Hannibalsson says, "He couldn't have been there long, without being told the story of the discovery of America 477 years earlier (which he later claimed for himself)."
by Peter Brownfeld
Cavalier Daily Columnist
October 11, 1999
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I've actually been to Egg Island, about 20 years ago. I had no idea that it had been considered as Colombus first landfall.
However, the way I remember, if he was coming from the east, which he was, he would have had to see Eleuthera and Spanish Wells (St. George's Cay) first, and sailed past them to get to Egg Island. I better check this on a chart to see if memory serves me correctly.