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Aufbauwerk 2045
Today I learned several interesting facts about America. Perhaps it's not named after "Amerigo" Vespucci after all.
The old Norse word for "Far Land" is Omme-rike. "Rike" is similar to the German word "Reich."
Columbus visited Iceland, a Norse country, years before he "discovered" America.
The Icelanders needed wood from somewhere. Much shorter and safer to sail to Greenland than to Europe, and from Greenland it was a certain landfall to the heavily wooded coasts of Omme-Rike.
The old Norse word for "Far Land" is Omme-rike. "Rike" is similar to the German word "Reich."
Columbus visited Iceland, a Norse country, years before he "discovered" America.
The Icelanders needed wood from somewhere. Much shorter and safer to sail to Greenland than to Europe, and from Greenland it was a certain landfall to the heavily wooded coasts of Omme-Rike.