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America DiscoveredBYTHE WELSHIN 1170 A.D. BY REV. BENJAMIN F. BOWEN.
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. THE MIGRATIONS OF THE WELSH.
CHAPTER II. BY WHOM WAS AMERICA FIRST PEOPLED?
CHAPTER III. THE VOYAGES OF PRINCE MADOC.
CHAPTER IV. SUPPORTED BY WELSH AND OTHER HISTORIANS.
CHAPTER V. THE NARRATIVE OF REV. MORGAN JONES.
CHAPTER VI. THE NARRATIVE OF REV. CHARLES BEATTY.
CHAPTER VII. THE WELSH INDIANS MOVING WEST.
CHAPTER VIII. THE DISPERSION OF THE WELSH INDIANS.
A curious blend of linguistic clues, centuries‑old manuscripts, and early colonial lore defines this probing exploration of a claim that predates Columbus by three hundred years. The author follows the thread from the legendary Prince Madoc’s 1170 expedition to the subtle echoes of Welsh place‑names and speech patterns that some argue linger in the New World. Interwoven with anecdotes—like the bewildered clergyman who mistook a Welsh Bible for an Indian one—the narrative invites listeners to weigh evidence without succumbing to speculation.
Beyond the tantalizing possibility of a medieval Welsh presence, the work situates that story within broader patterns of migration, naming, and identity that shaped both Europe and America. By drawing on rare pamphlets, old maps, and comparative etymology, it paints a picture of a people whose self‑designation, “Y Cymry,” reverberates through history. Listeners will come away with a richer sense of how language and legend can rewrite the margins of a continent’s past.
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (232K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by sp1nd, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2012-07-13
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Known today for a single unusual 19th-century work, this little-known writer explored the legend that Welsh voyagers reached America long before Columbus. His book remains a curious window into the era's appetite for bold historical theories and romantic speculation.
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