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