A fairly large bump...
But I was searching through the forums and found this again, and got reinterested.
Reading this link gives a couple more interesting ideas...
There are theories of the Moors making it in 889, and again in 999, both before the Vinland colony. Also, a Celtic voyage in the 6th Century and as I mentioned before a Mali crossing during Mansa Musa's reign. (Which I think someone should make a TL of, but that's just me) As some kind of validation, Columbus was told of Blacks making visiting them a century earlier or so, and the earliest descriptions of Native Americans rarely described them as "red" but as "black", "brown", or "yellow". Mansa Musa claimed he had sent voyages to see what the limits of the Atlantic were, and that Mansas before him had done so.
Any chance of a western Hemisphere nation contacting the Eastern Hemisphere? 99.99% ASB, but hey, any theories for the .01%, just for discussions sake?
But I was searching through the forums and found this again, and got reinterested.
Reading this link gives a couple more interesting ideas...
There are theories of the Moors making it in 889, and again in 999, both before the Vinland colony. Also, a Celtic voyage in the 6th Century and as I mentioned before a Mali crossing during Mansa Musa's reign. (Which I think someone should make a TL of, but that's just me) As some kind of validation, Columbus was told of Blacks making visiting them a century earlier or so, and the earliest descriptions of Native Americans rarely described them as "red" but as "black", "brown", or "yellow". Mansa Musa claimed he had sent voyages to see what the limits of the Atlantic were, and that Mansas before him had done so.
Any chance of a western Hemisphere nation contacting the Eastern Hemisphere? 99.99% ASB, but hey, any theories for the .01%, just for discussions sake?
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