Westward Before Columbus

By Kåre Prytz and Kare Prytz

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8290319134
• ISBN13: 9788290319132
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Norumbega Books
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Vikings in the Caribean?

This book makes more sense than most of the rubbish out there on the America's before Columbus. Prytz sheds new light on how the myth was ever started that Columbus "discovered" America (which most of the world now believes is bunk.) If you want a fresh yet scholarly perspective, read this book! By edict of the Pope, only royalty were allowed to "discover" new lands, so Columbus had to have the backing of some King or Queen - not for funding but for discovery rights. Prytz actually forwards a thesis that Columbus had already BEEN to the new world, BEFORE he "discovered" it in 1492. This thesis is based on naval records held in Rome, ancient Sagas of the Viking explorers, research on the Atlantic seaboard of the US and Canada, and even the folklore of British sailors. Unfortunately, this book was originally published in Norwegian and didn't receive much attention when it first came out over a decage ago. Interesting that none of the major on-line booksellers seem to carry it.