Stolen without a gun from National Geographic
Hell yes, I was excited to read the other day that coffee counts towards that water I need to put in my body everyday.
The amount of fluid gained is far greater than anything you piss out from the caffeine.
AND coffee helps fight off the debilitating effects of gout. Not that I plan on being a medieval King of England anytime soon or anything… BUT the point is… I feel secure in my coffee consumption each and everyday.
Now, if only I could find the study that says coffee isn’t exasperating my anxiety, we’re gold.
Jimmy Eat World – “Coffee and Cigarettes”
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In other news… I am pretty much obsessed with National Geographic magazine and also want to find out how I can get a job recreating famous exploration voyages.
There must be a way to get paid, and handsomely, to hop in an olden tyme sailing vessel and make for the New World.
My reasoning is simple. I thought it was fucked that people get paid to talk on the radio… and well, someone pays me to do that, so why not get paid to sail around in a replica “Matthew” and rediscover Newfoundland?
Maybe its silly to get paid to be a gloried pirate, but perhaps there is hope for me?
I read this story about the most ancient history of White Canadianna… turns out there were secret exploration missions to Canada around the time of John Cabot. Evidence destroyed? International Italian Bank syndicates? secret Christian missions in Canada? A historian on the case… but just before she was going to release a book on the subject, she destroys all her notes and conveniently dies. What did she discover?
Dan Brown… Paging Dan Brown….
Here’s what I think… Cabot found the Vikings… and the secret mission of Weston was to exterminate the Vikings so England could make claim. The Beothuks were then hunted and exterminated later because they knew of the Vikings… whoa.
Everyday that I watch the CBC and don’t see these intriguing stories of Canadian History made into HBO styled mini-series is an affront to entertainment.
Heartland? Seriously…. I love the Tudors and have picked up on that series. It shows the CBC is capable, but come on guys, pick a story that is at least kinda related to Canada.
OK, I’ll add the mysteries of John Cabot to my list of Canadian Historical mini-series(es?) I need to write.
01) World War War epic
02) the story of John Jewitt, white slave of Maquinna
03) The Viking Settlement of Canada
04) The Mysteries of John Cabot
If you’re a writer that stumbles on my blog, don’t steal my ideas or I’ll stab you. Unless of course, you actually steal and make it, then I’ll be happy and watch it!
Go with yourself
The Morning After 
Careful there Jer,
The Beothuk “culture” may be extinct, but a glance or two beyond Wiki and you’ll find compelling proof that the people lived on.
I wonder how an extinct people would settle a land claim? hmmm
Paging Dan Brown.
I do hope some Beothuk lived on!
In my speculative fiction however, they would be a central theme… and hunted by diabolical English Christian sects to preserve England’s claims on Newfoundland.
They wouldn’t be the only… I believe Cabot found a remnant of the original Vikings… and Weston was sent to make them “disappear.”
Is it truth, likely not… but could make for a story!
You’re close. The templars are thought to have buried their “treasure” in the Money Pit in New Brunswick. (I’ll wait while you google it.)
Also both Columbus and Cabot had maps from fisherman (Portuguese) that were at least a century old that pretty clearly showed the shoreline west of the Grand Banks.
The other interesting idea is that Leif Ericsson boat was outfitted as a “raiding party” not an exploration when it left for Vinland (what they called Newfoundland). So if this is true, there must have been a settlement to raid – Beothuks? No, likely a people who had travelled there in the 8TH century called the Albans – they might have been from the North Orkney Islands and were walrus hunters.
Prior to all of this, and closer to your home, is the idea that the coastal natives are more directly related to south pacific tribes and not those that came (maybe) via the Berring Land bridge. One look at coastal art, traditions and housing styles lends support to this theory.
well now I just hope Dan Brown stumbles on this thread and starts cribbing some notes.
Thank you for informing us about it.. 🙂