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This is certainly real. An unfinished and unpublished work in an era before the printing press is guaranteed to not have been widely read. But the voyages to
by btilly 5y ago
This is certainly real.
An unfinished and unpublished work in an era before the printing press is guaranteed to not have been widely read.
But the voyages to Vinland went from Greenland. And Greenland had a bishop who wrote to the church. And priests sent letters to each other. It is hardly surprising that one seeking to write a book on distant history and lands would have encountered information from so far afield.
- jcranmer 5y ago> And Greenland had a bishop who wrote to the church. Most of the bishops of Greenland never actually lived in Greenland. Certainly, the bishops never found out that the Greenland settlements had been abandoned, and bishops were appointed until 1537 despite all contact with Greenland ceasing circa 1400.
- btilly 5y agoJudging from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gar%C3%B0ar,_Greenland#Diocese_of_Gar%C3%B0ar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gar%C3%B0ar,_Greenland#Diocese..., most of the bishops up through the 1300s did spend time in Greenland.