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Post by Freedom on Sept 8, 2009 2:30:53 GMT -5
The original of this replica was found in the bottom of a lake in Sweden Drakkar Viking ship 1100AD 80'long The Khufu ship was found at the foot of a pyramid in Giza, in a pit eighty feet deep covered with stone slabs. This ship was not functional, but symbolic. It must have represented ships of the era. 145'long The Solar Barque of Khufu 4th Dynasty 2550-2528 BCE
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Post by tko on Sept 9, 2009 1:40:34 GMT -5
I wonder if that was the Drakkar was the ship the Vikings sailed to America in? If so, it looks a little small to me.
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Post by Freedom on Sept 11, 2009 20:31:57 GMT -5
I wonder if that was the Drakkar was the ship the Vikings sailed to America in? If so, it looks a little small to me. Not sure. The Viking ships were small, yet functional. I believe they reached Iceland in the 800's, Greenland 900's, and the coast of present day Canada in 1000. The Drakkar was ship was built in the 1100's and found in Sweden, the Vikings that landed in Vinland were from the west coast of Norway. The Vikings of Sweden were plundering and trading in eastern and south-eastern lands.
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Post by maddogblues on Oct 3, 2009 9:32:10 GMT -5
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Post by Freedom on Oct 3, 2009 18:06:29 GMT -5
Enjoyed the story of the native peoples skill in navigating the waters of the estuary. The boats in the photos are similar to the Haida vessels, no doubt they had contact or perhaps even the same people. The Haida were known to early explores as the Vikings of the west coast, they seem to fit the description quite well, great navigators they were. There were 20 000 Haida in the 1700's, their numbers were reduced to 900 a couple of centuries later. This is a revealing PDF document on the Haida, a pain to navigate, yet worth the read.
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Post by werewolf on Jan 28, 2010 0:06:48 GMT -5
Dog - That first picture of yours - I'm doubting its authenticity. It shows the indians sitting up high on seats in the canoe like some goofy paleface fatties out on a lark. I've been in canoes in rough ocean water, even the tail end of a hurricane once, but I always sit on the floor of the canoe. Keeps the center of gravity low and makes it much more stable. White man sit on seats; white man fall in water.
Ithaca here sent me a link to a film about the Cree indians in northern Canada (excellent film - unfortunately that link is now gone). Shows them canoing in rapids, freezing water, and mentions that they don't know how to swim. But they never fall in. Why? because they sit on the bottom.
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Post by ninjamantis on Jan 28, 2010 1:00:44 GMT -5
Great stuff! Most impressive. I always wonder what technological wonders the natives may have produced if left to themselves. We'll never know...but there's a McDonalds down the road.
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