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@@ -49,30 +49,33 @@ Saintonge's *Norombegue*, eventually merged into a single myth, canonized by
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the cartographer Gastaldi, of an advanced Native American city whose manners
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were closer to those of Europe than their neighbors.[@KirsNor98, 41]
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Eben Norton Horsford was a chemist working in Cambridge, best known for his
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invention of modern baking powder.[@JackHors92, 343] In addition to his work,
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he showed some interest in history and archaeology throughout his life. He
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would collect fossils around his father's farm in Moscow (now Leister), New
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York where he grew up,[@JackHors92, 340] and became interested in learning the
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language of the Seneca Indians[@JackHors92, 340], to which his father worked as
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a missionary.[@JackHors92, 103] Later, he would often visit his wife's family
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estate on Shelter Island, New York.[@AdamsMemBiog08, 104] There, he became
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interested in the island's history and "erected a monument to the Quakers, who
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found shelter there from Puritan persecution."[@AdamsMemBiog08, 104] He would
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later repeat this pattern of investigation and monument building in
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Massachusetts. Horsford is most remembered for his contribution to baking
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science. He is credited for the invention of modern baking powder in 1861,
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which did not involve a fermentation step.[@HorsBread61] He then founded the
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Rumford Chemical Works, named after the position he held at Harvard, and made a
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fortune[@JackHors92, 343] selling his invention and cookbooks which used
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it.[@HorsCook77] While in Cambridge, Horsford became very interested in the
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possibility of Vikings in New England. This not an unheard of idea at the
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time,[@FlemPicHist95, 1079] but Horsford would bring much more publicity and
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become its foremost supporter. In 1887,[@HorsDisc87, 10] Horsford wrote the
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dedication for a large bronze statue of Erickson,[@GuttVal18, 86] commending
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him for his early discovery of America. He doesn't stop just there, though; he
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additionally asserts Leif sailed south after making the continent, all the way
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to Cape Cod. He explains his reasoning:
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Over the centuries to follow, more accurate maps were drawn revealing Norumbega
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not as the advanced society it was believed but only "a settlement on the outer
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Penobscot shore."[@KirsNor98, 55] Still, the myth lay dormant, disproven yet
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still alluring. Enter Eben Norton Horsford, a chemist working in Cambridge,
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Massachusetts. Best known for his invention of modern baking
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powder,[@JackHors92, 343] he had long harbored in interest in history and
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archaeology. He would collect fossils around his father's farm in Moscow (now
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Leister), New York where he grew up,[@JackHors92, 340] and became interested in
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learning the language of the Seneca Indians[@JackHors92, 340], to which his
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father worked as a missionary.[@JackHors92, 103] Later, he would often visit
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his wife's family estate on Shelter Island, New York.[@AdamsMemBiog08, 104]
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There, he became interested in the island's history and "erected a monument to
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the Quakers, who found shelter there from Puritan
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persecution."[@AdamsMemBiog08, 104] He would later repeat this pattern of
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investigation and monument building with Norumbega Tower in Massachusetts.
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Horsford's most famous accomplishment, and how he was able to fund these
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projects, would come in 1856 with his invention of a revolutionary new baking
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powder recipe without a fermentation step.[@JackHors92, 343] He founded the
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Rumford Chemical Works, named after the Rumford Professorship position he held
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at Harvard, which would make him a fortune.[@JackHors92, 343] While in
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Cambridge, Horsford became very interested in the possibility of Vikings in New
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England. This not an unheard of idea at the time,[@FlemPicHist95, 1079] but
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Horsford would bring much more publicity and become its foremost supporter. In
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1887,[@HorsDisc87, 10] Horsford wrote the dedication for a large bronze statue
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of Erickson,[@GuttVal18, 86] commending him for his early discovery of America.
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He doesn't stop just there, though; he additionally asserts Leif sailed south
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after making the continent, all the way to Cape Cod. He explains his reasoning:
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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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