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43. Interesting video that provides something of an answer

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Did the Black Plague, in the 1300's, reach the Americas? [View all] raccoon Dec 2021 OP

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