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later repeat this pattern of investigation and monument building in
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later repeat this pattern of investigation and monument building in
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Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts.
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While in Cambridge, Horsford became very interested in the Vikings. This was
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part of a widespread movement; rising anti-irish and anti-catholic sentiment
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had put Columbus in an unfavorable light, and many casting around for some
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non-catholic discoverer of America settled on Leif Erickson as suitable, albeit
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pagan, predecessor [[NEED SOURCES FOR ALL THIS]]. When New England area
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newspapers at the time mentioned Erickson, they often made a comparison of his
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achievements to those of Columbus, who never fared well. In 1887,[@HorsDisc87,
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10] Horsford wrote the dedication for a large bronze statue of
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Erickson,[@GuttVal18, 86] commending him for his early discovery of America. He
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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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> 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. How his views were received in the
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moment, if those around him were surprised by this theory, is unclear. But his
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theories would see much criticism once published.
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{{{THAT GUY WHO SAID HE WAS WRONG HORSFORD STARTS HIS FIRST BOOK WITH HIM }}}
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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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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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It is unclear when or how Horsford first heard about the myth of
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Norumbega, but it is possible it was widely known at the time. A newspaper
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(((TIME AND PAPER HERE))) mentions the myth in passing, well before Horsford
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made it regionally famous.
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