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- sondatch, on 07/18/2009, -0/+128Annoying amount of intra-linking for their own site and no effing picture of the map.
An actual pic of the map minus that crap:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/sci ... - GCarden, on 07/18/2009, -1/+60So can we celebrate Viking Day instead of Columbus Day and wear hats with horns?
- inactive, on 07/18/2009, -0/+56http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinland_map
with full size pic here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd ... - Subduction, on 07/18/2009, -4/+55"But if it is genuine, it shows that the New World was known not only to Norsemen but also to other Europeans at least half a century before Columbus's voyage."
It was also quite well-known to the people who already lived there. - inactive, on 07/18/2009, -2/+38I still credit the native Americans for discovering America.
- primehifi, on 07/18/2009, -0/+30Following maps, made by viking chaps....
- sindex, on 07/18/2009, -0/+28Let's hope so, because that sounds a LOT cooler.
- copypastry, on 07/18/2009, -0/+28God I hope so, these 15th century spanish tights are chafing me.
- Gibletoid, on 07/18/2009, -4/+30Vikings discovering Canada sounds so much cooler than Spaniards discovering America.
- Stormwern, on 07/18/2009, -1/+23First!
-Leif Eriksson - TM22, on 07/18/2009, -0/+20...For tens of thousands of years.
- Claverhouse, on 07/18/2009, -0/+19'Where the map came from and how it came into the hands of the Swiss dealer after World War Two remain a mystery.'
The nazis picked it up in Agartha. - gasoline, on 07/18/2009, -1/+19High resolution scan:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd ... - mikeinto, on 07/18/2009, -4/+20Send your complaint to:
Rene Larsen: Rector at School of Conservation
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Kgs. Nytorv 1, P.O. Box 9014
DK-1022 - jojoko, on 07/18/2009, -2/+16no digg because i didn't see a picture of the map or even a link to it anywhere in the article. i made sure to upvote everyone who did link to it in their comments though.
- evil-doer, on 07/18/2009, -0/+13im pretty sure asians discovered canada many thousands of years earlier
- Gibletoid, on 07/18/2009, -1/+13Citation needed? Other than your rant?
Be useful. Find a link. Explain the basis of your expertise on this subject. - kaoitik, on 07/18/2009, -0/+11The 15th century Vinland Map, the first known map to show part of America before explorer Christopher Columbus landed on the continent, is almost certainly genuine, a Danish expert said Friday.
I want to be a danish expert. - AmusedToDeath, on 07/18/2009, -0/+11Based on my waistline, I would definitely say I'm a danish expert.
- inactive, on 07/18/2009, -1/+12No wonder your a trolleyfan, you're too stupid to use a map.
Zing. - whatthefu, on 07/18/2009, -0/+10Really old maps are so fun to look at.
- Ruger11mcrdpi, on 07/18/2009, -0/+10OMG you mean peeplez drew on paper b4 I haz zie internetz?
- flossdaily, on 07/18/2009, -0/+10You're ruining everything.
- presidentraygun, on 07/18/2009, -1/+10That map can't be accurate... where are the starbucks!
- inactive, on 07/18/2009, -0/+8if you went to high school in the 1400's you wouldnt know how to draw maps either
- kd420, on 07/18/2009, -0/+8From the writing style, I half expected to see Gondor, Rohan and Mordor labeled on there.
- flossdaily, on 07/18/2009, -0/+8Considering that Columbus committed unforgivable atrocities on the native population, I'd be more than happy to give his holiday to the Vikings.
- Subduction, on 07/18/2009, -2/+10In a post complaining about no link to the map, you provide no link to the map.
Really stupid.
Buried.
Oh, and:
http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/Eras/2worlds ... - SkippyDoorknob, on 07/18/2009, -3/+11The debate isn't who got here first, but whether the map was legit. There's not doubt Vikings preceeded Columbus.
- inactive, on 07/18/2009, -7/+15I really am a bit sick of this debate. I'm not trying to irritate anyone here, but regardless if it was the Vikings or Columbus who got to North America "first," Human Beings were already here. How can something that was never lost be found? Even though I'm an American, and of European descent, I think that the Euro-centric view of the world is very much obsolete.
- Paranor01, on 07/18/2009, -1/+7my gods, you're really this ignorant presbyterian?
and here I thought you were just a troll for the !right/GOP and ignorant because of that... now I understand completely...
It's just you. - flossdaily, on 07/19/2009, -0/+6The vikings probably did the standard looting and pillaging, but there is no way that they could have been as bad as Columbus and his successors. They employed a sort of organized oppression/enslavement/genocide that was terrifying in scope and depth of cruelty.
- Tubetrotter, on 07/18/2009, -0/+6Vikings did not wear helmets with horns... sheesh!
- dhughes, on 07/18/2009, -0/+6 Somehow I doubt Vikings were any nicer, I've heard rumours they were a rough bunch.
- captspaulding, on 07/18/2009, -3/+8I think presbyterians name explains his amazing stupidity.
- Paranor01, on 07/18/2009, -1/+6it's more world history.
here, have a digg down for having a telephone pole stuck up your ass - emkaysmith, on 07/19/2009, -1/+6Except that they weren't "vikings." Viking wasn't a nationality, it was a job. Lots of young Scandinavian men signed up to go viking for a couple of years to build up a nest egg before settling down. Gotta go out and get yours, you know.
Leif was a Christian Icelander and never -- as far as anyone can determine -- a viking. Not that anyone cares, including Hollywood. - wentwhere, on 07/19/2009, -1/+5They probably weren't native Americans when they 'discovered' America.
- emkaysmith, on 07/19/2009, -0/+4Ignorance of such a caliber is actually painful to behold.
- laofmoonster, on 07/19/2009, -1/+5Who are you, and what are you doing on our land?
-Native American - jizizthename, on 07/18/2009, -0/+3mmm...danish
- Winston84, on 07/18/2009, -0/+3Yah....
Or rather : Jah .... - woodrail, on 07/18/2009, -4/+7seriously. Are these people retarded?
- glinsvad, on 07/18/2009, -1/+4Looks like they mapped out the Hudson Bay, rounded Newfoundland and sailed up Saint Lawrence River to Lake Ontario. Imagine how hard it must have been to get the scales and angles right on this map - solely based on their nautical skills. Quite an accomplishment.
- Winston84, on 07/18/2009, -2/+5Columbus did not "land on the continent" unless Bahamas is a continent ..
Anyway, Nordic Vikings discovered America, we want our property back !! - sindex, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3You must be a joy at parties.
- inactive, on 07/18/2009, -0/+3The Vikings Discovered the entire planet.
- pinchduck, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3Garmin is charging $99.99 for the digital version, but you can probably find it on Amazon for $79.99
- Mizery, on 07/18/2009, -1/+4Buried for lack of picture.
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