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Brendan the navigator
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Legend has it that this sixth century irish abbot had a vision of the “land of delight” across the western (atlantic) ocean. his first attempt to find it was unsuccessful, so he and the monks of his crew prayed and fasted for forty days before setting out again. their second voyage is said to have lasted seven years and taken them to many unidentified islands. these may have included the orkneys and shetlands; while places as far south as madeira and the canaries, and as far west as the azores have also been suggested. however, based on prevailing winds and the sailing qualities of an irish curragh as tested by british scholar-adventurer tim severin, their most probable route would have been via the hebrides and faroes to iceland, and possibly on to newfoundland. whatever their ultimate landfall, they claimed to 53 brendan have found a large land mass which they called “the promised land of the saints” at the far side of the western ocean. this was shown (in various locations) on maritime charts for several centuries and, along with viking reports of “vineland,” may have helped convince christopher columbus there was land across the atlantic. some skeptics refused to believe that a fragile oxhide curragh could have survived an open sea crossing, but severin’s expedition proved it possible. others pointed to implausible statements that they claimed proved the story to be mythical. but “crystals that rose to the sky” could well have been icebergs; the “flaming, foulsmelling rocks” with which they were pelted could easily have come from icelandic volcanoes; and their being “raised up on the back of sea monsters” could simply mean that a whale breeched under their little craft. far from being a medieval fantasy, the navigatio santi brendani abatis (voyage of saint brendan the abbot) could be the distorted report of an actual exploration. brendan himself lived well into his nineties, and must be having a busy afterlife as he is considered the patron saint of boatmen, watermen, mariners, sailors, travelers, and whales.
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Unsuccessful, английский
С неблагополучным исходом
Unidentified, английский
Не опознанный)
Prevailing, английский
Adventurer, английский
Newfoundland, английский
- Пров. ньюфаундленд (канада)
- О. ньюфаундленд (атлантический ок., канада)
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Brethren of the coast, английский
This is said to have been a loose confederation of caribbean buccaneers based on tortuga island during the “golden age.” some such organization may have existed, but the name is probably one of several 19th century fictional inventions such as walking the plank.
Breeching ropes, английский
See gun tackles.
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