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Re-read your OP, think about what you said and then..... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2021 #1
It's not really a dumb question. It's really a question of whether those who sailed to the Scrivener7 Dec 2021 #3
I didn't say it was a dumb question... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2021 #4
The Vikings were in edhopper Dec 2021 #23
Regular, cross Atlantic shipping wasn't happening when the plague... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2021 #24
There are many very smart people here with graduate degrees. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #25
That is absolutely one of the most unique insults anyone has ever directed at me. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2021 #33
The most unique thank you I have ever received. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #34
I see the distinction edhopper Dec 2021 #35
No but Iberian fisherman were fishing off the coast nt RFCalifornia Dec 2021 #41
There is also speculation that the Chinese sailed around the Americas before Columbus 'discovered' csziggy Dec 2021 #65
That's interesting edhopper Dec 2021 #72
There wasn't really traffic from the rest of the world to the Americas then. Scrivener7 Dec 2021 #2
Was there travel across the Bering Strait or along the Aleutian chain? Klaralven Dec 2021 #5
You seem to know the answer to your question. Scrivener7 Dec 2021 #6
There probably was, but then you have to ask the question DFW Dec 2021 #8
Even if there is/was, no evidence of plague LeftInTX Dec 2021 #16
Probably true. There was likely a lack of rodent vectors in the high arctic. Klaralven Dec 2021 #21
There was back and forth contact wnylib Dec 2021 #22
This may help... secondwind Dec 2021 #7
America wasn't discovered by Europeans until 1492, according to most experts. bearsfootball516 Dec 2021 #9
Have you ever heard of L'Anse aux Meadows? raccoon Dec 2021 #10
You do realize that the whole "Vikings were here first" DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #13
I honestly think that's reaching d_r Dec 2021 #15
ditto hlthe2b Dec 2021 #18
It's not though DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #29
Because he set sail from England, and was financed by the English muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #46
Bullshit DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #47
As I said, he sailed from England. You wanted the reason the English form is normally used. muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #55
Thanks for whitesplaining DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #59
I'm English. There's no problem with me explaining things about English usage muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #67
Hmmm DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #73
No, I did not literally do that. muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #77
Viking settlements are well researched NickB79 Dec 2021 #19
There is no doubt that the Vikings settled in Greenland and traded with the Inuit Klaralven Dec 2021 #20
Greenland is NOT North or South America DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #31
Actually, it is. Klaralven Dec 2021 #32
And Newfoundland is not in Greenland either. EX500rider Dec 2021 #39
No it's a part of historical Discovery and fact EX500rider Dec 2021 #26
Nah, it's extremely weak DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #30
Not, it's fact and your WashPost article says so EX500rider Dec 2021 #38
Why are you so adamant that is was not olive-skinned people DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #48
I prefer my life to be more fact-based thank you EX500rider Dec 2021 #49
Post removed Post removed Dec 2021 #50
It may be speculation to you EX500rider Dec 2021 #51
Well, but it's not. Just like the Kensington Stone DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #52
When did Italians become not white? d_r Dec 2021 #53
Um, when Congress passed anti-immigration laws DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #60
ok so d_r Dec 2021 #62
Is that when historical consensus was reached on Crunchy Frog Dec 2021 #75
"Internet camps" Act_of_Reparation Dec 2021 #81
No one says Columbus didn't make it to the New World EX500rider Dec 2021 #54
Wikipedia DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #64
"Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica" EX500rider Dec 2021 #66
Yes, they did show you, but if you want academic sources ... muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #68
Vineland map is a forgery DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #76
This is not about the Vineland map. It's about the established archaeology muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #78
Seems your Washington Post article was written by racists too. Crunchy Frog Dec 2021 #74
I think that's a stretch Vogon_Glory Dec 2021 #37
Evidence is weak, and likely faked DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #71
You may wish to review your claim Vogon_Glory Dec 2021 #79
And here I thought the Native Americans were "here first". Act_of_Reparation Dec 2021 #69
A lot of us were acknowledging that Vogon_Glory Dec 2021 #80
That's really a great point Undue Process Dec 2021 #82
People other than Europeans exist. meadowlander Dec 2021 #40
No LeftInTX Dec 2021 #11
The black plague killed half the population of GemState Dec 2021 #12
Possible that it was already here Philosophizing Fool Dec 2021 #14
It came from rats in the Port of Los Angeles and then it spread to native rodents LeftInTX Dec 2021 #17
there was a large outbreak in the SF Bay Area c. 1900 Retrograde Dec 2021 #27
Thank you both Philosophizing Fool Dec 2021 #58
Plague generally spread along trade routes 300 years later Sympthsical Dec 2021 #28
Not all history is known, and we can't know for sure. So far. Hortensis Dec 2021 #36
Smallpox was the major epidemic of the Americas iemanja Dec 2021 #42
Interesting video that provides something of an answer dsc Dec 2021 #43
Thanks for posting that. Nt raccoon Dec 2021 #56
That was smallpox iemanja Dec 2021 #61
yes and no dsc Dec 2021 #63
In the form of mass insanity, yes. ananda Dec 2021 #44
I don't think we had trade here then, but maybe.. check the story on wiki, (fascinating read) msfiddlestix Dec 2021 #45
It might have been transmitted via 48656c6c6f20 Dec 2021 #57
That is an interesting question melm00se Dec 2021 #70
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