Evidence of people on the Azores archipelago 700 years earlier than thought

Re:Evidence of people on the Azores archipelago 700 years ea... by labster on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @12:53AM (#28848366)

If the original settlers were Norse, are the Azores the real Vinland?

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Re:Evidence of people on the Azores archipelago 700 years ea... by rvense on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @01:42AM (#28848604)

What do you mean? I don't think there's any doubt that the Norse went to North America?

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Re:Evidence of people on the Azores archipelago 700 years ea... by aaaaaaaaaaab on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @01:54AM (#28848662)

No, because the sagas document meeting the indigenous people of Vinland.

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Re:Evidence of people on the Azores archipelago 700 years ea... by antupis on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @05:22AM (#28850014)

This might be more fitting https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Brendan%27s_Island

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Re:Evidence of people on the Azores archipelago 700 years ea... by ZanyProgrammer on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @07:17AM (#28850797)

Not every expedition has to match up with something historical/apocryphal. The hypothetical people who reached the Azores several hundreds of years earlier could very well just be the equivalent of historical randos.

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