Stay on top of the latest news with our daily newsletters each morning, lunchtime and evening. Spanish documents suggest Irish arrived in America before Columbus By Kerry O’Shea (@IrishCentral.com) May 13, 2014 While Christopher Columbus is generally credited with having discovered America in 1492, a 1521 Spanish report provides inklings of evidence that there were, in fact, Irish people settled in America prior to Columbus’ journey. The descendants of these Irish are still alive and well in New Zealand today. 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Also in 2011, the mystery of the Reinhardt Boulder – an ancient and mysterious carved rock that was found years ago on the Cline farm in the Hickory Log area of Cherokee County in Georgia near the Etowah River – was put to rest after striking similarities between its carvings and rock carvings that originated around the Atlantic Coast of Ireland were identified. While Christopher Columbus is credited with being the first European to discover America, there are many scholars who believe there may have already been Irish people living there. There are hints in the historical record that he might have. Although they looked notably different to the Chicora Indians, their homes and pottery were very similar. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. s.async = true;s.src = '//cdn.viglink.com/api/vglnk.js'; The king of the Duhare was called Datha. The symbols on the boulder were carved in pre-European Georgia. They could translate most words using modern Creek, Alabama, Koasati or Choctaw dictionaries but were unable to translate words of the Duhare tribe. The Duhare were generally taller than the Spanish. Life under Level 4: What would increased restrictions mean for daily life? The book has been published and translated numerous times in the centuries since then. In 1520, Peter Martyr d’Anghiera, a historian and professor, was appointed by Carlos V to be chronicler for the new Council of the Indies. While much of the evidence about the Irish settling in America is intriguing it is by no means conclusive and many scholars remain sceptic. Centuries later people who retraced St Brendan’s path believed he may have encountered a number of icebergs, which are likely to have been the crystal mountains, and have seen a live volcano which would have been the island with rivers of gold fire. var vglnk = {key: '4e369ef70926117d806db0a61ab6db37'}; Thornton himself asserts that researchers believe that the Duhare tribe was established prior to Columbus “discovering” America in 1492. A fringe theory suggests that Basque sailors first arrived in North America prior to Columbus' voyages to the New World (some sources suggest the late 14th century as a tentative date) but kept the destination a secret in order to avoid competition over the fishing resources of the North American coasts. On milk of deer I was nurtured. The Duhare words, recorded by the Spanish, were able to be translated using Gaelic dictionaries. This has allowed for the proliferation of fantastical myths that now coexist with sound theories and incontrovertible facts. on Amazon.com. The people of Duhare had red to brown hair, tan skin and gray eyes, and were noticeably taller than the Spanish. It is recorded that he “did not believe that it was impossible to reach the extremity of the ocean that encircles the earth”, and around 1311 he handed over his throne to his brother and set off to explore the Atlantic Ocean, eager to discover if it had another bank, like the great River Niger, which flowed through his own kingdom. He had a tall wife and five tall children. Firstly, the translation revealed a Christian message linking Christmas to the Winter Solstice. It included much of Martyr’s passages on Duhare, but was prefaced with contemptuous remarks by Swanton that the story couldn’t be true and that the Duhare were probably a Siouan tribe,” explains Thornton. 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