Posts Tagged ‘pirates’
VIKINGS -VS- RAIDERS
The term “Viking” is somewhat irksome when used to describe the ‘Vinland’ settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador. The image it conjects are mostly Hollywood fabrications, and even the fake helmets ascribe to a much earlier period in Norse history. The term “Viking” means “Raider” and while they certainly earned a frightful reputation for their devastating…
Read MorePIRATE PEACE
Hollywood has a peculiar way of teaching history. Growing up in Newfoundland meant we heard a lot of pirate stories. Our family home in ‘Conception Bay’ gazes directly upon ‘Kelly’s Island’; peppered with holes dug by treasure hunters hoping to find the hidden cache of the Pirate Captain who lent his namesake. We often played…
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