Re Newport Tower, etc.

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Mary Jane Battaglia

Re Newport Tower, etc.

Legg inn av Mary Jane Battaglia » 17 sep 2007 05:41:56

To you learned experts on genealogy and history:
In the early 1980ies, at the age of 60, I took part in an Archaeological "Dig" led by James Whittall and was a guest in his home during the time. His collection of artifacts was most impressive as was his enthusiasm for so-called "alternative" history. Actual artifacts, found outside their expected "time"' or "place," do call for explanations and, not surprising, lent themselves to some serious speculation.
As for "answers," at my stage in life, I take it all with a pinch of salt, but neither do I slam the door to unproven possibilities.
This all reminds me of the hoots of disbelief and derisive comments from both my classmates and my teacher, when I was in the 4th grade, I rose up to argue that Columbus was not the first to discover America. and suggested that Leif Ericsson had preceded him. Such a disgrace. I dared to think outside of current wisdom.
Time has a way of clarifying (or confusing) events. Since we weren't personally there in those historical times, we can only speculate or draw conclusions from limited and sometimes, questionable documentation. Even if we had been there, I doubt that we would all agree on what we thought we saw or heard, so let us not get into these endless verbal confrontations and let us,just enjoy the "Search."
mjbatt

Vance Mead

Re: Re Newport Tower, etc.

Legg inn av Vance Mead » 17 sep 2007 07:17:04

There's another theory that some merchants of Bristol sailed to
America in the 1480s.
According to William Worcester, a Bristol antiquary, in 1480
an expedition was organised to search for the 'Isle of Brasil'. Two
ships set sail from Bristol, with John Lloyd the master. One of them,
the Trinity, was owned by John Jay, a Bristol merchant. They set out
on July 15. Nine weeks later, on September 18, "driven by tempests"
they returned to port in Ireland without having found the Isle of
Brasil.
A second expedition, on the George and the Trinity, was
organised the following year by Thomas Croft, the customs officer of
Bristol. On this expedition they took along many bushels of salt for
preserving fish. There is speculation that they succeeded in reaching
Newfoundland, or at least the great fishing banks off the coast.
Vance




On Sep 17, 7:41 am, "Mary Jane Battaglia" <mjb...@mindspring.com>
wrote:
To you learned experts on genealogy and history:
In the early 1980ies, at the age of 60, I took part in an Archaeological "Dig" led by James Whittall and was a guest in his home during the time. His collection of artifacts was most impressive as was his enthusiasm for so-called "alternative" history. Actual artifacts, found outside their expected "time"' or "place," do call for explanations and, not surprising, lent themselves to some serious speculation.
As for "answers," at my stage in life, I take it all with a pinch of salt, but neither do I slam the door to unproven possibilities.
This all reminds me of the hoots of disbelief and derisive comments from both my classmates and my teacher, when I was in the 4th grade, I rose up to argue that Columbus was not the first to discover America. and suggested that Leif Ericsson had preceded him. Such a disgrace. I dared to think outside of current wisdom.
Time has a way of clarifying (or confusing) events. Since we weren't personally there in those historical times, we can only speculate or draw conclusions from limited and sometimes, questionable documentation. Even if we had been there, I doubt that we would all agree on what we thought we saw or heard, so let us not get into these endless verbal confrontations and let us,just enjoy the "Search."
mjbatt

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