What's New In History - Did Columbus Know About the New World BEFORE He Sailed?

A recent discovery in a 14th Century document sheds new light on the "discovery" of America. Bernie and Dan will enlighten you on this and of course other things like Polynesians, sweet potatoes, Vikings, and Basques!Show notes:https://mymodernmet.com/manuscript-america-markland/This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski.If you like what we do you can support the Fan of History project on https://www.patreon.com/fanofhistoryContact information: http://facebook.com/fanofhistoryhttps://twitter.com/danhorninghttps://www.instagram.com/dan_horning/Music: “Tudor Theme” by urmymuse. Used here under a commercial Creative Commons license. Find out more at http://ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/40020 Support the show and listen ad-free to all of the episodes, including episode 1-87. Click here: https://plus.acast.com/s/history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.