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That reminds of the legend of the horsemen statue on the island of Corvo in the Azores. Purportedly the statue looked to be dressed in a Moorish style. Besides
by tmccrmck 10y ago
That reminds of the legend of the horsemen statue on the island of Corvo in the Azores. Purportedly the statue looked to be dressed in a Moorish style.
Besides that, there's plenty of evidence of pre-Portuguese presence in the Azores. There are theories that everyone from the Phoenicians to the Greeks to the Chinese discovered the island before Portugal did.
- vram22 10y agoInteresting. I've also read in a few places that others from Europe reached the East coast of North America much before Columbus did. Vikings or others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson