Procrastination Posting
Hey Everyone,
I am at the moment turning my attention to the blog. My research paper will have to wait! The paper will be ready for the first draft deadline on Wednesday. Tomorrow I am spending the entire day in the library. Its odd how many people pick a spot in the library while in their first year of university and do not change where they go. I tend to be in different places everytime I go depending on my mood of the day.
My research paper is going along well from what I can tell. The topic is Henry Sinclair. I posted a link to the wikipedia artice in my last post. The idea behind the paper is to review the evidence supporting the claim of a pre-columbian voyage by Henry Sinclair. The main piece of evidence is the Zeno Narrative that was written in 1558 by Nicolò Zeno (Junior). The narrative was pieced together from no-longer existent fragments of letters that apparently dated to 1380. The main claim of the narrative is that a Prince named 'Zichmni' traveled to Greenland and Nova Scotia in the year 1380 (some argue that it was actually 1390-8 but no evidence actually points directly to those days).
(The Zeno Map)
Theories of voyages before Columbus have been made in the past like the Chinese in 1421 (Gavin Menzies and Paul Chiasson), Henry Sinclair in 1398 (Frederick J Pohls Date), St. Brendan of Ireland in 565-73, and more.
Anyways, I will post a copy of the paper when it is complete!