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There also is a story related by some spanish explorers. They landed at a previously uncharted island and discovered a tribe of people living there that had a markedly "Norse" look to them. Blonde Hair, fair skin, blue eyes. (Not sure of the exact details). This group of people spoke a dialect that the spanish had never heard before. These tribesmen made it clear to the Spanish that they were quite surprised to see other men, as their legends and history spoke of a great deluge that wiped out the entire population of the earth except for them. Unfortunately the Spanish ended up wiping this tribe from the face of the earth. Not sure where the island is but it's one of the more commonly known islands in the Caribbean today.

I think it was the Canary Islands IIRC. My paternal grandmother was interested in a lot of paranormal stories, UFO's, "forbidden history," and so on. I do remember reading about it in one of her magazines or books when I was a kid. She was a member of the Edgar Cayce Society. My other grandmother was interested in things like this too, she was big into the ancient Egyptians, astronomy and so forth.

I know when I was little, I was slow in developing social skills but very interested in science where Mom and both grandmothers fostered my interests in space, astronomy, paranormal, shortwave listening and police scanning which today I have an amateur radio license. I was tested as a kid and was on the autism spectrum, most likely if tested today, I would have Aspergers.

Getting back to the subject at hand, I always thought the Great Food might have been responsible for things like the North Sea covering Doggerland off of The UK and Netherlands along with the strait connecting Florida to Cuba perhaps. Had history stayed the same (most likely not but for sake of argument) WWII would have proven interesting with Doggerland, doubly so if it remained connected to Europe and the Cuban Missile Crisis if Cuba was still hooked to Florida.