“If corn originated in the New World, how was the Old World growing it before the above so-called experts in ancient trade routes claim there was none as we only have “circumstantial” evidence. 855 is before the Vikings grew in stature and power.”
Thanks for that better information than my recollection.
So are you saying that corn did not originate in the New World? Or are you supporting the idea that it was brought over by say, the Knight’s Templar. I think another idea was that a storm could have brought a raft of debris to England, including a bunch of corn.
Like I said - I loved reading about Oak Island in Reader’s Digest as a little kid. So it is fun to see somebody still doing some exploring of it.
Stuff like this I think you have to really enjoy the search as much as you would enjoy the treasure. Hmm - like hunting or fishing some days!?
So are you saying that corn did not originate in the New World? Or are you supporting the idea that it was brought over by say, the Knight’s Templar. I think another idea was that a storm could have brought a raft of debris to England, including a bunch of corn.
A complicated answer to an easily asked question. First, the Templars “recorded” voyage of their Lost Templar Fleet to the Canada is in 1298 AD, put out by David Hatcher Childress in his book “Pirates and the Lost Templar Fleet” from documented history. This was just shy of 100 years before good ole Cris sailed the ocean blue in 1492. The Lost Templar Fleet is what gives rise to the theory of the Templars on Oak Island in the first place. As well as does the ships logs found in the archives visited on the show. By the way what was happening in Europe (France, England, Spain etc.) 10 years before and 10 years after 1298?
With that said we look next at the time of construction of the Cathedral in question, in Exeter. We find that the Cathedral was completed in 855 A.D. A Cathedral was not a six-month project and at most between 15 to 20 years for the smaller ones to be completed and constructed. This is due to carving things by hand back then. Very rarely were molds in use or used especially for ornaments on buildings like Cathedrals. Molds came much later giving rise to modern day building ornamentals.
So clearly corn was known about before 855 A.D. Historical claim is that corn originated in the New World. However, if we look towards the south we find that corn or maize was grown vast quantities by the South Americans and in the peninsula areas like Southern Mexico. And if the “New World” encompasses both the North and South Americas, then yes corn would have seen to have originated in the “New World” by Europeans.
As to the origination of corn, there is no definitive “origination” from one specific area that anyone has concluded because of the claim from early Europeans that it originated in the “New World”. People have taken to the claim as “setted history”.