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Re:Why Did Greenland’s Vikings Vanish? (2017) by hinkley on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @01:00PM (#21640799)
As I recall from 1491, the fisherman had enough trade as far as New England (by the 1600's) that the Pilgrims found a translator who already spoke English.

They didn't dwell on that in American History class.

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Re:Why Did Greenland’s Vikings Vanish? (2017) by btilly on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @01:12PM (#21640951)
The translator actually had been enslaved by Europeans twice and knew English on account of having lived in England.

See https://www.biography.com/political-figure/squanto for verification.

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Re:Why Did Greenland’s Vikings Vanish? (2017) by detritus on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @01:12PM (#21640953)
How old ARE you?
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Re:Why Did Greenland’s Vikings Vanish? (2017) by hinkley on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @02:28PM (#21641724)
I would love to have you come visit my castle in beautiful Eastern Europe. The vistas are wonderful, as are the tapestries.

We're having a bit of a wolf problem but as long as you travel during the day you should be fine.

Seriously though, it's a book.

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Re:Why Did Greenland’s Vikings Vanish? (2017) by ahi on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @01:19PM (#21641051)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Banks_of_Newfoundland

I am imagining all these old salts in the pub rolling their eyes at the aristocratic "explorers"

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Re:Why Did Greenland’s Vikings Vanish? (2017) by hinkley on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @02:23PM (#21641667)
Is the bit about Cabot saying that French and Portuguese fisherman started fishing there in earnest by 1502?
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Re:Why Did Greenland’s Vikings Vanish? (2017) by japaget on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @04:12PM (#21642737)
There is a book called "1491" by Charles C. Mann which the parent commenter is probably referring to.
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Re:Why Did Greenland’s Vikings Vanish? (2017) by jacoblsievers on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @01:11PM (#21640937)
Are you implying something?
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