Prince Henry Sinclair: His Expedition to the New World in 1398 - Softcover

Pohl, Frederick Julius

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551091224 ISBN 13: 9781551091228

Publisher: Nimbus Pub Ltd, 1709

Synopsis

It is one of the anomalies of human history that despite our passion for knowledge, we are still in doubt as to who actually “discovered” the North American continent. According to author/historian Fredrick J. Pohl, the glory should go to none other than Prince Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, who set off on a voyage of discovery for “a very great country” and dropped anchor in Guysborough Harbour, Nova Scotia, on June 2, 1398 almost a century before Columbus’s and Cabot’s Historic voyages.

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About the Author:

Pohl’s main source of information and inspiration was Zeno Narrative, a collection of dispatches written by Sinclair’s tireless chronicler Antonio Zeno who accompanied “A Prince of the Islands” on a transatlantic voyage and described in detail their arduous journey. Thanks to Pohl’s patient research (which includes an astonishing piece of calligraphic detective-work), we now know how the purpose of the expedition, the exact date of its arrival in New World and place of landing: we know of Prince Henry’s meeting with natives and of the enormous cultural impact he made upon them; and we know that he left a permanent memorial stamped on a rock in New England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Nimbus Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 1709
• ISBN 10: 1551091224
• ISBN 13: 9781551091228
• Binding: Paperback