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Re: Ang: Estotiland
on 28/09/00 06:28, Niven Sinclair at niven@niven.co.uk wrote:
> At 09:41 28/09/00 +0200, you wrote:
>> kevin wrote: "Would anyone know what 'Estotiland' means"
>>
>> Estotiland could possibly mean Greenland or Nova Scotia, according to old
>> sources. It's also mentioned in John Milton's Paradise Lost - but as an
>> imaginary tract of land.
>>
>> Erling
>
>
> Just as the Spaniards referred to the whole of America as Florida (now only
> a State);
> the Arabs referred to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula as
> Andalusia (now only a Province);
> the Norse referred to the whole of North America as
> 'Engroneland' which included Baffin Island,
> Labrador (Helluland) Newfoundland (Markland)
> Estotiland (Nova Scotia),
> Vinland (New England).
>
> The settlers of Greenland (as we know it today)
> could not have survived
> without provisions from the New World. The saga
> of Eric 'the Red' as
> told in the "Kings Mirror" and the Bull of Pope
> Alexander VI describes
> Greenland as country 'barren of bread and
> oil'. There are reports of a
> Bishop John of Ireland meeting his death in
> Vinland in 1066 and Bishop
> Eric (of Gardar) attending to his flock in Vinland
> (1121) from which he
> did not return. A bishop's seat was invariably in
> the centre of his diocese
> and, that being so, Gardar would fit in
> with that norm if one takes in the
> North American territories. It is a
> matter of historical record that the Norse
> were in the New World from the 10th
> Century onwards. Read Storm,
> Rafn, Inverson, Nansen, Rousell, Gunnar
> Thompson et al.
>
> I do not know whether Zeno was the first person to
> use the word "Estotiland"
> to describe the land (now known as Nova Scotia)
> but the name persists in
> subsequent maps, notably that of DeVirga (1414)
> Claudius Clavius (1424) and
> was still being used by Resen (1605). Most of the
> map makers rely heavily
> on the Zeno map and the known voyages
> of Nicholas of Lynn in the mid 1300's
> There are a whole host of pre-Columbian maps
> which cover North America
> whilst DeVirga's map (mentioned above)
> covers South America as far South as
> Peru.
>
> South America was known to the Romans as Cattigara
> to the Indians as
> Patal India
> to the Arabs as Wag-Waq
> to the Spaniards as
> Ophir
>
> It was here that Francisco Pizarro found hoards
> of Inca Gold in 1533
>
> People have the mistaken belief that the World was populated by
> land-lubbers before the advent of Columbus.
> They have also the mistaken belief that the Europeans were the only people
> who could sail ships.
>
> If one studies the many histories of early voyages, a completely different
> picture emerges. In particular.
> there is an urgent need to study the maps and reports of the Richard
> Hakluyt Society which, I believe, will
> give proof positive of Henry Sinclair's voyages. Some of the maps are
> believed to be reproduced in
> Ridpath's History of America. Others are said to be with the Hakluyt
> Society in London (now incorporated
> in the British Museum) but my early attempts at gaining access did not meet
> with any success. Perhaps,
> someone with more time on their hands, can take up the search.
>
>
> But back to "Estotiiland": Andrew Sinclair suggests that "Estotiland" may
> be a corruption of "East Scotland"
> where Henry Sinclair had his Scottish Estates
> but I prefer Erling's suggestion.
> Place names invariably describe the
> terrain e.g. Helluland: the stony land; Markland:
> the wooded land; Vinland: the land of the
> vine. Greenland was, of course, the
> exception and was said to be part of
> the ruse to attract settlers there. One wonders
> why?
>
> Niven Sinclair
>
>>
>>>>> kevrik@shaka.com 27.09.00 19:40 >>>
>> Would anyone know what 'Estotiland' means and why Prince Henry named his new
>> lands with that particular name? Great information about Prince Henry's
>> voyages, thanks to all involved. A great time to be on the list ! Mahalo ,
>> Kevin
>>
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Greetings,
from my past readings, I have came across one clear definition of «
Estotiland » : the land from (or of) the East - East, or «Hest» (XIIth
century English).
FB
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