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    Templars in America?

    Aug 13, 2020 4 minutes

    The Westford Knight and Henry Sinclair

    Evidence of a 14th-Century Scottish Voyage to North America

    David Goudsward

    McFarland 2020

    Pb, 307pp, £32.27, ISBN 9781476678665

    European discovery of the American continent probably occurred around AD 1000. Archæologists have uncovered a number of archæological sites that suggest Scandinavians explored what is now eastern Canada and north-eastern United States as early as 1398.

    Among the most intriguing of these is the Westford Knight, a rock carving located in Westford, Massachusetts, which appears to depict a European armoured figure clasping a sword and shield. In this new updated edition of The Westford Knight

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