diff --git a/Draft.md b/Draft.md index 4272f8a..14c9f3f 100644 --- a/Draft.md +++ b/Draft.md @@ -77,14 +77,32 @@ persecution."[@AdamsMemBiog08, 104] He would later repeat this pattern of interest and monument construction in Massachusetts. It'd be nice to include a bit about how Horsford came about the myth here. Also -whether it was Norumbega or the Viking sagas he learned about first. +whether it was Norumbega or the Viking sagas he learned about first. -- After +more research, seems like he was interested in Vikings first and only later +made the connection to Norumbega. Horsford did not take up the myth unchanged, however. He became convinced the city of Norumbega was the remains of a Norse settlement. -Write summary of the dedication of the statue of Lief Ericsson[@HorsDisc87] +In 1887,[@HorsDisc87, 10] Horsford unveiled "Leif, the Discoverer;" a large bronze +statue of the viking Leif Ericsson,[@GuttVal18, 86] who was known at the time +as the first European to have set foot in America. However what was unknown, +and would remain so until the late 20th century, was where exactly Leif had +landed. Horsford was convinced, however, that Leif had landed in Massachusetts. +In his dedication of the statue, he explained his reasoning: -include part by that historian who wrote about how wrong he was[@HorsProb89, 1] +> ...if you will be kind enough to hold up to your mind's eye, now for a +> moment, any familiar map of North America. Look at the east coast. From +> Greenland, along the line to the southwest, you will notice three projections +> into the sea. They are Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Cape Cod.[@HorsDisc87, +> 9] + +He disregards Newfoundland as an option, saying "[it] is bold, rocky, +mountainous, of meagre vegetation, and with few beaches."[@HorsDisc87, 10] +Ironically, the best evidence archaeologists have now for the location of +Vinland is L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. + +Include part by that historian who wrote about how wrong he was[@HorsProb89, 1] Summary of Horsford's defense, letter to judge Daly source[@HorsProb89] @@ -92,5 +110,14 @@ Write about Horsford's "archaeology," what he says he found, his methods Write about the dedication of the Norumbega Tower +Write about how Horsford connected his interest in Vikings and Leif Ericsson to +the myth of Norumbega -- his interest in Native American language and how that +let him make the connection. + +Horsford read about how Alafonce described the natives of Norumbega speaking +something closer to Latin; he interpreted that as being influenced by Norse. + +The city of Norumbega was the last vestige of viking occupation + \pagebreak # References diff --git a/bibliography.bib b/bibliography.bib index 1361d3d..57dd785 100644 --- a/bibliography.bib +++ b/bibliography.bib @@ -106,3 +106,19 @@ address = {Cambridge, Massachusetts}, annote = {A primary source, originally delivered orally by Horsford at the dedication of a statue of Lief Ericson in Faneuil Hall, 1887.} } + +% https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/histmemo.30.2.04 +% https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.2979/histmemo.30.2.04.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A4008a607be5aa86a3bda0ee0b695dadb&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1 +@article{GuttVal18, + ISSN = {0935560X, 15271994}, + URL = {https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/histmemo.30.2.04}, + author = {Torgrim Sneve Guttormsen}, + journal = {History and Memory}, + number = {2}, + pages = {79--115}, + publisher = {Indiana University Press}, + title = {Valuing Immigrant Memories as Common Heritage: The Leif Erikson Monument in Boston}, + urldate = {2025-03-24}, + volume = {30}, + year = {2018} +}