Re: Olaus Magnus map and Hvitsark/Hvitserk

From: Inger E Johansson (inger_e.johansson_at_notelia.com)
Date: 06/21/04


Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:57:52 GMT

David B,
I have contemporary sources for all that you call my 'claim' - but you
aren't among the first to have access to my knowledge.

Inger E

"David B" <tronospamchos@tesco.net> skrev i meddelandet
news:vZwBc.273$4D4.133@newsfe3-gui...
> Doug Weller wrote in message
> <3m29vd0dz5t8.1pys65l1kla15$.dlg@40tude.net>...
> >
> >On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:24:37 +0100, David B. wrote:
> >>
> >> The whole Columbus / Pothorst /
> >> Pining saga is a pyramid standing on its tip.
> [snip]
> >>Sofus Larsen's "The Discovery of North America
> >> Twenty years Before Columbus" (1925) set out the basic theory, based
> >> on the above and other evidence, but Scolvus in particular has proved
> >> to be a fruitful source for kookish speculation.
> >
> >Yes, I am aware of the above, but I was challenging her statement that
she
> >had provided contemporary sources for her claim in the urls she provided,
> >and no matter how you read and compare every single page and check every
> >single clue, those urls she provided did not do that.
>
> Too right they didn't! What astonished me was just how hard one has to
look
> for genuine clues.
>
> >Didn't someone claim Scolvus was actually Columbus?
>
> All sorts of people, notably Thor Heyerdahl. That neatly fits the "Catalan
> Columbus" theory, e.g.
> http://www.bcngrafics.com/xpoferens/c30.html
>
> By the way, just in case you've killfiled him, Seppo's message in the
> "Vinland Bishops" thread (6.47 this morning UK time) has some interesting
> information on this topic.
>
> David B.
>
>



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