The orthodoxy that the new world was peopled in ancient times solely via the Bering Land Bridge is under serious reconsideration, as new archeological, linguist, and DNA evidence is being examined.
Evidence now suggests that prehistoric man followed the coastal waters from both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans when their levels were much more shallow and the continental shelf more exposed.
Evidence for exploration from other peoples in historic times includes the Polynesians, Chinese, Japanese, Cathaginians, Phonecians, Norse, Irish, Welsh, Africans and many others.
Watch out. This interest can become as addicting as Free Republic.
That would have been during the Ice Age? Scientists must have some coastal maps of the period. Know where I can find trem (Perhaps in the book you recommended)?
Evidence for exploration from other peoples in historic times includes the Polynesians, Chinese, Japanese, Cathaginians, Phonecians, Norse, Irish, Welsh, Africans and many others.
Last time I looked all such "evidence" was little more than rumor and far-fetched correlation. Has that changed?
I've always been fascinated with things that 'don't fit' standard beliefs. Lately I've been finding a bunch of websites that describe archeological finds that don't fit with what we've been taught.
Just last night I've found several sites that are discussing things through a Christian perspective. Take a gander at Steve Quayle's World, especially the section on giants. He's got a research paper on Neanderthal man, and that he may have actually been the Nephilim of the Bible.
Milllenium Ark also has a lot of food for thought. And the thing that amazes me is the people running these sites are very credible, not some flakes like you see on other sites.
Yhwhsman