[Zeroisanumber]

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[Bigg Red]

In keeping with her will, all of her research was destroyed when she passed away, including 40 years’ worth of work for a book about the many mysteries surrounding Cabot’s maligned 1498 expedition.

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What a stupid decision....

[NYer]

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[Ditter]

We took a trip a few years ago to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick but didn’t go to Newfoundland and I have always been sorry. Probably won’t make that trip again.

Wish she had not had all her hard work destroyed, I just don’t understand that.

[dangus]

NYer! Glad you are feeling better!

[dangus]

What about the Vikings? Didn’t Bishop Erickson build any churches?

[afraidfortherepublic]

I read last year on this board that they found a private chapel (perhaps it was in Greenland) dating from the 1500s. The church was designed for a Viking lady and so small that it could hold only one person. Does anyone remember that article?

[afraidfortherepublic]

I can think of only 2 reasons she would dlestroy all of her research:

1. She didn’t want anyone else to profit by using it.

2. She was not confident in the accuracy and claims of her own research.

Either way, it is a great loss to history for her to have done that, unless her papers were bogus.

[RightWhale]

It is entirely possible, and it is entirely possible North America settlements from even earlier dates will be found. The tower in Rhode Island is of unknown date and origin, but it was already old when settlers arrived. Vikings nearly certainly reached North America long before 1492. England had fish, turkeys, and corn imported from America long before 1492. And, there is that notorious Irish monk Brendan who had a magnificent mysterious journey to Louisiana. Don’t forget North Salem.

[SunkenCiv]

bishop of vinland

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[lepton]

Ruddock, a historian with the University of London, was one of the world's foremost experts on Cabot's voyages until her death in late 2005. In keeping with her will, all of her research was destroyed when she passed away, including 40 years' worth of work for a book about the many mysteries surrounding Cabot's maligned 1498 expedition.

That's arguably evil.

[Jaded]

Glad to see you back! Hope you’re back to 100%.

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[rdl6989]

You’d think she would want her papers preserved in the university archive. What a shame.