[Perseverando]

Time for another great American history lesson from American Minute.

[Red Badger]

Seafarers of the time, captains and navigators, always knew the world was round, they kept it to themselves. Their instruments were predicated on a round Earth............... 🤔

[PGalt]

ABSOLUTELY! GREAT post. Thanks. HOORAY Bill Federer! BUMP!

[stubernx98]

Well the Vikings has a settlement in Greenland from about 900 to 1360 or so. when they stopped getting stuff from them they sent Eric the red to find out what happened to them. The several viking ships ended up going down Hudson Bay into the Great Lakes, and ended up losing 6 to the Black Death or maybe Indians. they left a Rune Stone behind dated in 1362. There were several Viking settlements in the USS long before Columbus.

[Leep]

I’m sure they are still teaching this in public schools../s?

[MisterArtery]

The Journeyer by Gary Jennings is an excellent read about the travels of Marco Polo.

[sauropod]

bkmk

[Verginius Rufus]

The battle of Curzola in 1298 was the largest naval battle ever fought between Venice and Genoa. Curzola is the Italian name for the island of Korcula off the Dalmatian coast (modern Croatia). The city of Korcula claims to be the birthplace of Marco Polo but that is incorrect—he was born in Venice. There is a local family named DePolo in Korcula but they did not settle in Korcula until many years later.