TIL there is a theory that Columbus' Navigator, William Harris AKA Guillermo Herries, an Irishman from Galway, had actually sailed to the Americas before 1492.

FizzlePopBerryTwist · 11 months ago

TIL there is a theory that Columbus' Navigator, William Harris AKA Guillermo Herries, an Irishman from Galway, had actually sailed to the Americas before 1492.

@EhList@lemmy.world · 11 months ago

One of this guy’s sources is Barry Fell who is a zoologist who likes to make pseudoscientific claims about linguistics. Im not sure this holds any validity

FizzlePopBerryTwist · 11 months ago

This would make a great deep dive subject for someone with a lot of time on their hands for research.

TIL there is a theory that Columbus' Navigator, William Harris AKA Guillermo Herries, an Irishman from Galway, had actually sailed to the Americas before 1492.

TIL there is a theory that Columbus' Navigator, William Harris AKA Guillermo Herries, an Irishman from Galway, had actually sailed to the Americas before 1492.

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