On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 21:36:40 +0000 Alberto Monteiro wrote: >On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 05:07:52 -0700 (PDT) Leonard Matusik wrote:
>>On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 12:02:28 -0700 Warren wrote: >>>Maybe the earliest settlers came over in skin boats? Were washed out to >>>sea by a typhoon and fetched up on the shores of, say, what's now >>>Chile? After all the Polynesians were astoundingly good seafarers. It's >>>not that far from Rapa Nui to the continent, if you've already crossed >>>the Pacific island chains. -- >>...especially if one has the balls to do it...... >I would bet the same way Pedro Alvares Cabral allegedly[*] came: >by navigating away from African's coast, being caught in the >Brazilian Sea Current, and hitting Brazil's Northeast. >Alberto Monteiro >[*] the official version is that he came here by accident - but >skeptics doubted it even back in 1500. Wow Alberto! I'm not sure one can get from Rapa Nui to the African coast in a sea canoe. I'm confident you wouldn't get past Tierra del Fuego (even using your testicles for navigation). :D Leonard Matusik [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pacificarchiving.com/pnsim/index.shtml (link to your basic Polynesian Navigation Simulator) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l --------------------------------- Discover Yahoo! Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online & more. Check it out! _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l --------------------------------- Sell on Yahoo! Auctions - No fees. Bid on great items. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
