Re: The intrepid Vikings

["Claire N. Simmons" <c1933s@gis.net>]

Niven..Snorre's birthplace. Do you mean Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts
USA??.?Thats not too far from me, if it is...Thanks Claire Simmons 

Niven Sinclair wrote:
> 
> At 11:23 21/06/00 +1000, you wrote:
> >Hooray for Whoopi!!
> >Sinead
> >
> >
> >At 06:11 PM 20/06/00 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Here is a message to me from my daughter, Andrea, a new clan member.
> > >Laurel
> > >========
> > >
> > >> Dear Mom,
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Just wanted to let you know that just two minutes ago on Hollywood Squares
> > >> they asked the question about Leif Eriksen being the first to discover
> > >North
> > >> America...Whooppi Goldberg got it right but the contestant didn't believe
> > >> her answer so he said she was bluffing...she was very upset with
> > >him....Now,
> > >> see, Americans do know about this correction to history...I know you worry
> > >> about that but I think more and more people are learning the new
> > >> information!
> > >> love,
> > >> Andrea
> 
> I have always found it difficult to understand how anyone can 'discover' a
> country
> or a Continent where people have been living for millennia.
> 
> Also, there were many 'visitors' to North America before the Vikings:
> Celts, Phoenicians,
> and Romans.  Nevertheless, the Vikings should be given the credit for
> opening up
> peaceful trading with the indigenous people.
> 
> The first "Sinclair" (i.e. someone of our bloodline) to be born in America
> was Snorre, the
> son of Thorfinn and Gudrid.  He was born near Buzzards Bay in 1019.  Like
> the Sinclairs
> he was a descendant of Rogenwald 'the Mighty', premier 'jarl' of
> Norway.  He eventually
> settled in Iceland.
> 
> Niven Sinclair
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