This is a really interesting point that seems to be overlooked, but is unbelievably interesting. My understanding is that there was neighborly trading over the

This is a really interesting point that seems to be overlooked, but is unbelievably interesting. My understanding is that there was neighborly trading over the Bering strait and from Newfoundland to Greenland... It makes me wonder, could a merchant sailor in a pub in England have heard a story from the a friend of a friend of a friend about the North American coast?