From eefebaa45a4b34d2fbef7f1bbf3efae192298104 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 22:12:57 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] There are changes. --- Paper.md | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+) diff --git a/Paper.md b/Paper.md index 951d6f4..51f8ecd 100644 --- a/Paper.md +++ b/Paper.md @@ -61,7 +61,54 @@ found shelter there from Puritan persecution."[@AdamsMemBiog08, 104] He would later repeat this pattern of investigation and monument building in Massachusetts. +While in Cambridge, Horsford became very interested in the Vikings. This was +part of a widespread movement; rising anti-irish and anti-catholic sentiment +had put Columbus in an unfavorable light, and many casting around for some +non-catholic discoverer of America settled on Leif Erickson as suitable, albeit +pagan, predecessor [[NEED SOURCES FOR ALL THIS]]. When New England area +newspapers at the time mentioned Erickson, they often made a comparison of his +achievements to those of Columbus, who never fared well. In 1887,[@HorsDisc87, +10] Horsford wrote the dedication for a large bronze statue of +Erickson,[@GuttVal18, 86] commending him for his early discovery of America. He +doesn't stop just there, though; he additionally asserts Leif sailed south +after making the continent, all the way to Cape Cod. He explains his reasoning: +> ...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. How his views were received in the +moment, if those around him were surprised by this theory, is unclear. But his +theories would see much criticism once published. + +{{{THAT GUY WHO SAID HE WAS WRONG HORSFORD STARTS HIS FIRST BOOK WITH HIM }}} + +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] + +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 + +It is unclear when or how Horsford first heard about the myth of +Norumbega, but it is possible it was widely known at the time. A newspaper +(((TIME AND PAPER HERE))) mentions the myth in passing, well before Horsford +made it regionally famous. \pagebreak # References