Sri Lanka was likely connected by a land bridge to South Asia that eventually eroded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%27s_Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wi

Sri Lanka was likely connected by a land bridge to South Asia that eventually eroded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%27s_Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%27s_Bridge How cool is that? With regards to defying all expectations, Columbus was called mad in his time by everyone and anyone who was doing much ocean going seafearing. He believed that he was going to reach Asia because he erred in his estimation of the Earth's circumference. I think throwing our knowledge of Norse knowledge into the situation is presentism. I take your points on Norse exploration history. The fact he came back alive is in many ways an incredible stroke of luck.