Re: Alaska on 'Ancient' maps

From: Steve Marcus (smarcus_spamout__at_cox.net)
Date: 06/27/04 

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:27:20 -0400

"Eric Stevens" <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:17:46 GMT, "Inger E Johansson"
> <inger_e.johansson@notelia.com> wrote:
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> >The official history of Alaska say that it was 'discovered' by Russian
> >explorers under Vitus Bering in 1741 and further explored by Cooc,
> >Vancouvers and other during the last quater of 18th century.......
>
> In this context one should also consider the map
> http://www.spirasolaris.ca/polar2e.gif and the text which accompanies
> it in http://www.spirasolaris.ca/sbb4g1bv2.html

Get a good book on the European search for the Northeast passage. It will
illuminate you on the difficulties of making the journey, either by water or
overland, proposed by the URL you cite. It was virtually impossible that
this sort of journey could have been taken circa 1000AD, not to mention that
there would seemingly have been no rationale for even trying it.

Again, read a book on the topic.

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Steve 

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