Re: Olaus Magnus map and Hvitsark/Hvitserk

From: Inger E Johansson (inger_e.johansson_at_notelia.com)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:39:49 GMT

David B, Soren and Kel,
the document which indirectly is refered to is from 1473.

Inger E

"David B" <tronospamchos@tesco.net> skrev i meddelandet
news:LaSBc.9$Nx2.5@newsfe3-win.server.ntli.net...
> Soren Larsen wrote in message <2jp26uF1475tuU1@uni-berlin.de>...
> >
> >Kel Rekuta wrote...
> >>
> >> David B wrote:
> >>>
> >>> That neatly fits the
> >>> "Catalan Columbus" theory, e.g.
> >>> http://www.bcngrafics.com/xpoferens/c30.html
> >>
> >> The site claims Heyerdahl located a document claiming the crowns of
> >> Denmark and Portugal co-operated on an expedition through the Davis
> >> Straits in 1477. Has anyone *else* referenced or published this
> >> document?
> >
> >No big deal
> >
> >The document in question would seem to be the mayor of Kiel's (Carsten
> >Grip)
> >letter 1551 to Christian III naming Pothorst, Pinning and Corte-Real and
> >mentioning their trip "to discover new islands and territories in the
> >northern seas"
> >in the time of Christian I.
>
> The French map that the letter was based on can be seen at
> http://www.bok.hi.is/kort/kort.php?a=gm&id=14
> Is it my imagination, or does neither the map nor the letter mention Corte
> Real?
>
> >Interesting though is this cashed google site in danish claiming that old
> >portuguese
> >maps has 'Tierra Corte Real' in the place of New Foundland and Labrador
> >with the very interesting info that Portuguese and Danish markers
> supposedly
> >are carved into the rocks.
> >
> >If only someone reliable could come up with those markers.
>
> Indeed. The Corte Real name was used very rarely on maps, and it was
almost
> certainly referring to the next generation, the three brothers who
explored
> the area at the turn of the 16th century. The Portuguese claim to the area
> occurs on maps like Cantino's (1502) and there are plenty of Portuguese
> place-names, but I don't think there's anything very convincing to back up
> the claim that daddy Corte Real explored the area a generation earlier.
>
> David B.
>
>

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