They didn't keep it secret...they wrote a Saga about it called the Vineland
Sagas...

-----Original Message-----
From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 3:26 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: With Columbus Day coming up...


Finding a continent and keeping it a secret does no good.  Columbus'
discovery popularized this new world.

But that's just stupid tidbits. The real BS was him slaughtering and raping
and genocide et al.

.


On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Eric Roberts <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Actually...yes it is true.  Leif Ericsson and his band from Greenland 
> landed in North America 500 years before Columbus.  We have 
> settlements in Newfoundland (a Norse name BTW) and evidence that they 
> ranged as far south as South Carolina.
>
> Columbus only found a tiny island in the Caribbean and he thought he 
> was off of the coast of China.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 8:37 AM
> To: cf-community
> Subject: Re: With Columbus Day coming up...
>
>
> Because it's not true. While Columbus was no saint, this is mostly BS.
> Notice no references?
>
> .
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> > This is what I always wonder. Why is it when we have this kind of 
> > information, why aren't the textbooks changed? Isn't the idea of a 
> > textbook to teach the truth?
> >
> >
> > On Oct 10, 2013, at 4:41 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < 
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > http://theoatmeal.com/comics/columbus_day
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> 



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