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Re: Christopher Columbus



At 08:52 24/06/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Thanks Gordon,
>     I did not mean to sound as if I supported the notion of Christopher
>Columbus as being the man who discovered America.  He was confident that
>he had landed in the East Indies until, I believe, his third voyage.
>Terribly sorry if I did not express myself clearly but I was taught that
>the Vikings simply discovered Nova Scotia and then left.  That is
>certainly not what I believe since they did have settlements
>established.  With regards to Columbus as an American hero I was
>referring to his portrayal, even if false, as an imigrant, turned down
>by his country, who used his intellect and entrepreneurial spirit to
>discover a new land.  I don't agree with this image, but that is how I
>have often seen him portrayed.  I was not aware that the Vikings had
>made it as far south as the Carolinas.  Thanks for the
>information.                  Robert William Goff


The Vikings made it as far South as Paraguay by sailing up the river
Uruguay for over 400 miles.  The Vikings sailed from the Rivers of Russia
in the East to the Rivers of America in the West.

Niven Sinclair


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