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I was thinking about a thread I saw here on AH.com about the 13 colonies being named after the constellations in the sky, but after much searching couldn't locate it, so I decided to start another.

I've been reading about the possibility that the Templar Knights(or their successor organization)reached America in the late 14th century. I've heard that the Templars had acquired from the Arabs a fascination for astronomy, so I was thinking what if the Templars founded settlements based on astronomical names such as Ophiuchus, Gemini, etc etc. That then passed these names onto the later english colonists

Any thoughts???
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