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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367742 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
