Re: Who has read Seaver's new book on the Vinland Map?

From: Doug Weller (dweller_at_ramtops.thisremove.co.uk)
Date: 08/09/04 

Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 17:38:20 +0100

On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 15:07:53 GMT, Inger E Johansson wrote:

> "Seppo Renfors" <Renfors@not.com.au> skrev i meddelandet
> news:41177C81.D9C73037@not.com.au...
>>
>>
>> Doug Weller wrote:
>>>
>>> I've only finished the first 2 chapters. David B has, anyone else?
>>>
>>> I finished the 2nd chapter coming back on the plane. There are a couple
> of
>>> comments in there that are clear evidence to me that Inger hasn't read
> the
>>> book even though she claims she has. If she had, she wouldn't have been
>>> able to resist responding to them. :-)
>>
>>
>> ....and on the basis of TWO CHAPTERS ONLY Douggie Weller has decreed
>> itself to be "qualified" to declare the 373 page book as "proof" of
>> truth of the nutter theory presented by Kirsten....... no wonder it
>> had to resort to expose its homosexuality to get away from the
>> subject!! So WHY is Douggie FOOL enough to confess now it knows not
>> what it has been sprouting on about and abusing others over -and does
>> right now too!

Seppo appears to live in another universe. I've never made any such
declaration, statement, whatever about Kirsten's 'theory'.

By the way, by quoting Seppo's lies the way you have, you are laying
yourself open to a libel action.

>>
>> Now, THERE's some real "intellect"...... some that even a monkey could
>> manage I'm sure.... oh.. and I see a whole string of them too... and
>> the sock puppet as well... :-)
>
> and all for that the author of the book hasn't checked the seacharts from
> 15th century.... bad.... It seems as if the land in west on the Vinland map
> was noted in a seachart from 1422 AD, in other words before the 1477 AD
> seachart I have had knowledge of. One thing the author has missed is looking
> carefully in Bergersen Robert Vinland Bibliography, Universitetsbilbioteket
> i Tromsos skriftserie Ravnetryck nr 10 from 1997. ISBN 82-91378-11-8.......
> if the author had read there and followed up(=read) the refered works from
> 15th and 16th century regarding maps and seachart, the author would have had
> a hard time missing correct facts.

This is just waffle unless you can be precise. Exactly what did she miss?
Which works? What seachart?

> Thus it's not essential at all when the Vinland map was made. Either it was
> done as I believe in 15th century or later there is one from 15th century
> showing same parts....

Where?

Doug

>
> Inger E
>>
>>
>> --
>> SIR - Philosopher unauthorised
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>> The one who is educated from the wrong books is not educated, he is
>> misled.
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