[ArmyTeach]

I’m no antropolobist or historian, but I’ve always heard that the Norse were very capable seamen and explorers. From the Western tip of the Norse peninslas across to Greenland to farthest northern America. Cold that be possible?

[ArmyTeach]

Deplorable speling. Poor poor proofreading. Apologies.

[Wallace T.]

If these white people were of Irish or Scandinavian origin, you would think the Spaniards would have recognized them. In the 16th Century, Gaelic predominated in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands. That language, along with Norwegian and Danish, would have been heard in the Spanish ports, and Spanish sailors would have heard the languages in the various Irish, Danish, and Norwegian ports. My guess is these white people were paleo-Indians, who either migrated to North America along with the Northeast Asians who are the stereotypical American Indians or who migrated to this continent from Europe in prehistoric times.

[livius]

The Basques (from Spain) and the Irish were very good seamen and used to catch cod on the Grand Banks for centuries prior to the arrival o f Columbus. The Danes may have made it here for the same reason, possibly after having learned about it from their raids on the Irish. However, none of them appeared to want to settle - they’d catch their fish and go back home, sailing in little tiny hide boats.

It is believed that traces of these people found in North America were probably the survivors of the sinking of these little boats or simply people who had drifted here and couldn’t get back.

[Vinylly]

They’ve actually found ancient encampments in North America which are believed to be Viking. They were fearsome marauders that decimated, murdered and pillaged the British Isles and were the greatest seamen at that time. The Irish druids did their share of pillaging as well but were not great seamen.