I DON'T CARE...
So there are people o'er in Asia saying that the Chinese beat Columbus (aka the Italians...sailing on behalf of the Spaniards) to America. Here is the article.
I'd just like to point out that my homeboy, Leif Erickson was fo' shizzle in North America way before those other people, whether they be from Southern Europe or East Asia.
So we've got the Norwegians (well, technically you could say Leif was from Greenland, as his father, Erik the Red, was banished there for being all barbaric-like) coming over to this continent around 400 years prior to Columbus, and if the Chinese story is true, about 350 years prior to the Chinese.
THEN there are even tales that another good Norsk, Bjarni Herjólfsson, was there prior to Erickson. (Sidenote: Bjarni Herjólfsson is a wicked good Scandinavian name).
Maybe some of you are saying, "Okay fine...but that's Canada." Well, we were in America earlier than those Southerners as well. Boo Yah!
Sorry...just had to get that off my chest.
I'd just like to point out that my homeboy, Leif Erickson was fo' shizzle in North America way before those other people, whether they be from Southern Europe or East Asia.
So we've got the Norwegians (well, technically you could say Leif was from Greenland, as his father, Erik the Red, was banished there for being all barbaric-like) coming over to this continent around 400 years prior to Columbus, and if the Chinese story is true, about 350 years prior to the Chinese.
THEN there are even tales that another good Norsk, Bjarni Herjólfsson, was there prior to Erickson. (Sidenote: Bjarni Herjólfsson is a wicked good Scandinavian name).
Maybe some of you are saying, "Okay fine...but that's Canada." Well, we were in America earlier than those Southerners as well. Boo Yah!
Sorry...just had to get that off my chest.
posted by Sarah at 1:05 PM
4 Comments:
It goes back farther than that Skogg.
All the people you mention are "Johnny Come Latelys" including the Vikings.
There is a 500 year deep campfire down in Craven Canyon on Lief's grampa's ranch doen by Edgemont, that looks like it might be 9,000 years old or so.
Folks been around these parts for a long, long time. It's just more convenient politically for us to forget about that, I'm afraid.
I'm not talking about people native to the area. In the fight for discovery, we ignore everybody from the continent.
Durrrrrrr
Sidenote: And yes, that's supposed to be read with a high level of sarcasm.
Ever heard of the Piri Ries map?
Check it out:
http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_1.htm
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