Re: Fw: Ida de Tony, mother of William Longespée, Earl of Salisbury

On Jan 31, 1:15 pm, "Leo van de Pas" <leovd...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Wasn't Erik the Red the first one to reach America?

But it is Columbus who gets the credit because he did something with his
discovery. I wonder, did Columbus know about Erik the Red? Does it matter
whether he did know about him? It doesn't change anything. The re-discovery
by Columbus is what counts.



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From: "Douglas Richardson" <royalances...@xxxxxxx>

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Subject: Re: Ida de Tony, mother of William Longespée, Earl of Salisbury

< Primary credit would have to go to Henri Malo.  He published back in
< 1898.
<
< Jennifer Mills

Dear Jennifer ~

You're entirely correct.

Mr. Malo definitely deserves the credit for discovering that Ralph le
Bigod was William Longespée's brother.  He published first.  That's
crystal clear.

Whether or not Mr. Phair knew about Mr. Malo's work is immaterial.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

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and why stop there with the Viking....surely pacific islanders
"discovered" America several thousand years earlier...and why stop
there...I read of one genetic study implicating that human ancestors
from the Iberian Penn. circa 40,000 years ago may have in fact arrived
in "American" before the Pacific islanders did.....!
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