Re: The intrepid Vikings

[Niven Sinclair <niven@niven.co.uk>]

At 06:50 21/06/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Niven..Snorre's birthplace. Do you mean Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts
>USA??.?Thats not too far from me, if it is...Thanks Claire Simmons




>   Yes, Claire, I do.   My film "Beyond Any Shadow of Doubt" explains it all.

>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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