henchman171

henchman171 t1_iw4cvqv wrote

A lot of people are forgetting that the black plague wiped out a lot of people.

However the Irish might escaped the worse and could have fished in Newfoundland or Nova Scotia

Which means they could have been travelling to Newfoundland on dry in the mid 1400s. They had plenty contact with the English and Vikings and trading with them and would have had knowledge of Viking exploits a few centuries earlier

The reason I mention the plague. There were continual outbreaks in the near east and Central Asia and Europeans might have just stayed away and the Silk Road closes when the ottomans take over Constantinople meaning Europeans turn to explore the western ocean

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