>From: Mike Adams <abrigon@...>
>
>How did they get to the New World (The Brithenig)? Carrocks (hide boats)
>are not that good for the distance. Iceland is a bit far, it is possible
>they would have gone Scotland-Orkneys-Shetland-Faroes-Iceland-Greenland
>route, but they would have had knowledge of said lands? I know there was
>monsestary colonies in Iceland but that was c.990ad.
>
Carrocks easily could have the voyage, because it has been done in the
1970's by Tim Severin. He based the design on the leather crafts of
the Aran Is. and on the descriptions of the construction of the ship
in the Navigatio Sanctis Brendanis.
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