To: blam
The map is said to date from 1434 That's five centuries before columbus?
56 posted on
11/26/2004 1:29:47 PM PST by
Veto!
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To: Veto!
Just over 60 years if you ask me...who did the math?
58 posted on
11/26/2004 1:31:47 PM PST by
Zavien Doombringer
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To: Veto!
The map is said to date from 1434
That's five centuries before columbus?
Actually, the begining of the article says: "Some people believe it is evidence that Vikings, who departed from Greenland around the year 1000, were the first to land in the Americas."
I believe that's where the five centuries comes in.
90 posted on
11/26/2004 3:50:24 PM PST by
ActiveDutyUSMC
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