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kbart on Dec 28, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ancient sword suggests Romans might have discovere...

Actually, I find it perfectly reasonable to believe that during these hundreds years of naval shipping, there were at least some cases of adventurous, misguided or lost ships reaching the coast of Americas. What I don't understand, what's the big deal about that?

AUmrysh on Dec 28, 2015 | [–]

I believe it's possible, but I don't believe the show Oak Island is a credible source for evidence of it.

DrScump on Dec 29, 2015 | [–]

The tricky part is making a 40+-day voyage with 5 days of food and maybe 10 days of water.

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