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West Virginia

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9. Probably got lost

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 05:25 AM

Oct 2014

while trying to pay a visit to the Norse living at L'Anse Aux Meadows in Newfoundland.

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Evidence the Irish found West Virginia before Columbus found America [View all] Petrushka Oct 2014 OP

That's amazing, if true. LuvNewcastle Oct 2014 #1

The natives wouldn't neccessarily have been hostile. hedgehog Oct 2014 #3

Likely it was St. Brendan the Navigator. No Vested Interest Oct 2014 #2

And they didn't teach the indians about whiskey???? Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #4

They probably didn't teach them about whiskey because bpollen Oct 2014 #7

It's like on "The Hobbit" when I noticed Bilbo strike a match... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #8

So that makes two then? Oakenshield Oct 2014 #5

Check out Secrets of the Dead for Carthaginians in the Americas. aquart Oct 2014 #10

I thought it was going to be a broken beer bottle. :) C Moon Oct 2014 #6

Probably got lost gladium et scutum Oct 2014 #9