The Mayflower

[Coemgen]

But what about the Vikings? Weren't they in Newfoundland around 1000?

And how about St. Brendan the Navigator? Didn't he show up in Nova Scotia sometime in the early 6th century?

And weren't there some Phoenician inscriptions found in South America?

And I seem to remember something about Chinese anchors found off the coast of California.

[gilmore]

But what about the Vikings? Weren't they in Newfoundland around 1000?

And how about St. Brendan the Navigator? Didn't he show up in Nova Scotia sometime in the early 6th century?

And weren't there some Phoenician inscriptions found in South America?

And I seem to remember something about Chinese anchors found off the coast of California.

There are all sorts of stories and conjectures of pre-Columbian Europeans in the Americas. Other than the Vikings, there is nothing that isn't highly disputed, and unlikely.

At any rate, the issue in this thread is permanent English settlements, and doubtless Jamestowne is the first of those.

[McFarkus]

But what about the Vikings? Weren't they in Newfoundland around 1000?

And how about St. Brendan the Navigator? Didn't he show up in Nova Scotia sometime in the early 6th century?

And weren't there some Phoenician inscriptions found in South America?

And I seem to remember something about Chinese anchors found off the coast of California.

LIke I said, the English settlers here didn't believe that any one else matters.

[macwilkin]

LIke I said, the English settlers here didn't believe that any one else matters.

And again, the English were not alone in this attitude. The French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese all practiced colonial mercantilism to exclude other nations from creating empires, not to mention their relations with the native peoples.

It's easy to blame the English, but it really doesn't take into account the whole of the colonial period in North American history. It also smacks of "anti-English" bashing.

Regards,

Todd