To: decimon
The name Greenland was a ruse so when they saw a map with Iceland they thought it was much colder then Greenland.
4 posted on
12/10/2009 5:51:28 PM PST by
guitarplayer1953
(Romak 7.62X54MM, AK47 7.62X39MM, LARGO 9X23MM, HAPINESS IS A WARM GUN BANG BANG YEA YEA)
To: guitarplayer1953; decimon
The name Greenland was a ruse so when they saw a map with Iceland they thought it was much colder then Greenland. The really clever part of the ruse was how the Vikings grew grain in Greenland. That really tricked the map readers!
13 posted on
12/10/2009 7:09:10 PM PST by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: guitarplayer1953
The name Greenland was a ruse so when they saw a map with Iceland they thought it was much colder then Greenland. I remember that being the belief. Subsequent discoveries have changed the picture.
15 posted on
12/11/2009 4:16:04 AM PST by
decimon
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