November 28, 2004 04:24PM
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donald raab Wrote:
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> But he didn't call them skraelings or red men or
> what.
They weren't red, there's no reason for him to associate them with skraelings which if he knew about them knew them to be in the far north.
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> He called them indians.
Yep, he thought he'd reached the Indies.
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> It kinda stuck.
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> A little hard to believe that a person who
> organized such an effort would be that mistaken.
Eh? Because he managed to get 3 ships he couldn't have been mistaken over where he sailed to and who the people were? Why not?
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> It is usual that when confronted by something new
> we pick something we KNOW and associate the new
> item with it.
Which is exactly what he did. He planned and hoped to reach the Indies, he found people and land more or less where he expected to, and called then Indians. Remember, he didn't make up the distance he thought he'd have to sail to get to the Indies, even though he was wrong.
Doug
Doug Weller
Director The Hall of Ma'at
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