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EXPLORERS FRO M E U ROPE
Ifyouask"Whodiscovered Am c r ic a>",rh canswer
thatyou will usu allyTCCt·jWis"Christopher
Columbus."But didhe?We have seen that the Asi; lIl
anrc srors of theAmcriudi.msarrivedinAllll'r ic:Ilong
bcto n-Colu m bus. WasColumbusrhcncxt r o
arrive?
In rhc('ClHlI TIl:Safter 1 ~')2storiesand k gl..'lld sg rew
upabour o theradventurousseam e nhavingreached
theNewWorldlongbeforeColumbus.Dill'legend
tellshowJBud dh istmonk nam edH oci- Sh in sailed
froruChinatoMexicoinAll459 .Ano the rclaims
thatJIlIrishmonk namedBrend anrhc Bo ld lauded
in Americain...n 551. Yetanorh..: r saysth atrhc li rst
Europeantoreachth eNewWorldwasLcifEricson.
" LIKkyLcif,"JVikin g sailo r fromlcclan d. Andas
rcrcntl yns 195 3 J.plaquew assetu p at MobileI h yin
till'm od ernAmeri can stareofAlab am awhichreads
" In llll' mo ryofPrince Mad oc.aWelshexplorerw ho
land eda lltheshort'S of M o bile Bayin 1170 andlcfr
behind.w iththeIndians, theWelshlnuguagc."
Allthesestorieshaveth eirsu p porters,Butonlyill
thecaseo f th e Vikingshawm od ernsc hol.u-sfound
ti rmevide ncetosup po rtth e o ld legends.III th e 1 9611 s
archaeologistsuncoveredt ra cesofViking
scrrlcm crusIIIbothNewfoundlandamiNew
Eng land.
InNewfoundlandrhcarchaeologistsfo u ndrhc
foundat ionso f hut sbuiltin VikingSIYk.Theyalso
found iro n nails andtheweight .or"who rl," froma
sp in dle.TheseobjectswereIm portantpiecesof
evidencerhar th e Viking shad indeedreached