Word: herjulfson
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Johns Hopkins File 7 (ABC, 12:30-1 p.m.). A fascinating look at the evidence that a few hardy explorers-the Vikings, a Scandinavian named Bjarni Herjulfson, or an Irish saint named Brendan-may have sighted North America's shores centuries before Columbus peeked over the horizon...
...surface of the earth." That logic led Explorer Freuchen to learn the lore he put into his book. He studied the science of the tides, waves and winds, learned about history's great sea battles. He came to know the tales of the great seaborne adventurers, from Bjarni Herjulfson. reputed to be the first Viking to see America, to Boston Harry Adams, the ugly Ohio farm boy who became a legend among the polyglot pearlers of Thursday Island...
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