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I will save you the list of arguments and the sixteen pages of facts and guesses and just tell you that the most likely date for Sir Henry’s landfall in the New World is May 28, 1396. The number of ships he had with him is also in dispute but it is generally agreed that [...]

Prince Henry St. Clair would not be the first European to visit America by far. Celtic inscriptions dating to 800 AD have been found in various places, especially eastern Kentucky, southern West Virginia, and east Tennesee. Roman coins, Phoenician coins and carvings, Egyptian writing and figurines, African art (especially in central and south America), and [...]

I drove the 9+ hours home yesterday. It gave me a lot of time to think. I had more time to think than I needed because… Well, here are some random thoughts from the ride.
Why are we going 45mph on Interstate 75? Oh… of course… a semi-truck is in the left hand lane. He wants [...]

This will have to serve as a blog for this week… until Friday night or Saturday sometime. I am in Knoxville speaking at the Arlington CoC where Mark Brackney serves. I meant to pack my notes for the next blog in the series but failed to do so. Still, it gives me an opportunity to [...]

Even though he had a group of warriors he could call on to help him and a strong fortress in which to make his plans, there were many elements arrayed against Prince Henry St. Clair as he took his place as Earl of Orkney. There was that bishop, of course, plus several “gangs” of pirates [...]

The city of Venice has such an incredible history. It used to be an independent city-state that ruled the seas well beyond the Mediterranean and conducted trade wars as well as conventional wars against other Italian city-states. The greatest family in Venice, the one that supplied the majority of its trade geniuses, political geniuses, and [...]

[NOTE: I just ordered a Kindle 2. Thanks for all the advice]
Henry St. Clair was in the right place at the right time. Being an ambassador to the Scandinavian court, he would have learned about their long term settlements in Greenland and the New World. Virtually unknown among non-specialists, the fact is that by this [...]

We’ll be back to our story shortly. I have two quick things to pitch to this readership.
Rochester Church is looking for an innovative, team building, personable Minister to Families with Children. We have recently been led by a wonderful woman who could only serve us part time. She did a brilliant job but we knew [...]

After the victory at Bannockburn, King Robert the Bruce wrote the Pope, making the case for the right of the Scottish people to make their own laws, establish their own monarchy, and be considered an ancient, noble nation. Now that the best knights in England lay dead on the field or in full retreat beyond [...]