美国的发现......是一个威尔士王子发现的?

 美国的发现......是一个威尔士王子发现的?

Paul King

在一千四百九十二年中

哥伦布在蓝色的海洋中航行。

虽然人们普遍认为哥伦布是第一个在1492年发现美洲的欧洲人,但现在人们都知道,维京探险家在1100年左右到达了加拿大东海岸的部分地区,冰岛人莱夫-埃里克森的文兰可能就是现在美国的一部分地区。 鲜为人知的是,一位威尔士人可能追随了埃里克森的脚步,这次是他把定居者带到了现代阿拉巴马州的莫比尔湾。

根据威尔士的传说,这个人是王子Madog ab Owain Gwynedd。

15世纪的一首威尔士诗歌讲述了马多克王子如何乘坐10艘船远航并发现了美洲。 关于威尔士王子发现美洲的记载,不管是真实还是神话,显然被伊丽莎白一世女王在与西班牙的领土争夺战中用作英国对美洲的主张的证据。 那么这位威尔士王子是谁,他是否真的在哥伦布之前发现了美洲?

12世纪的格温尼德国王奥温-格温尼德有19个孩子,其中只有6个是合法的。 马多格(Madoc)是其中一个私生子,出生在贝特夫斯基-科德(Betws-y-Coed)和布莱诺-费斯提诺(Blaenau Ffestiniog)之间Lledr山谷的多威德兰城堡。

1169年12月国王去世后,兄弟俩为争夺统治格温尼德的权利而相互争斗。 马多格虽然勇敢而富有冒险精神,但也是一个爱好和平的人。 1170年,他和他的兄弟里里德从北威尔士海岸的阿伯-凯里克-格温南(现在的海边罗斯)乘坐两艘船,即戈恩-格温南号和佩德尔-桑特号,向西航行,据说曾在现在的美国的阿拉巴马州。

马多格王子随后带着他的伟大冒险故事回到了威尔士,并说服其他人和他一起返回美洲。 他们于1171年从朗迪岛启程,但从此杳无音讯。

他们被认为在阿拉巴马州的莫比尔湾登陆,然后沿着阿拉巴马河旅行,沿河有几个石堡,据当地切罗基部落说,这些石堡是由 "白人 "建造的。 这些建筑被测定为哥伦布到来之前的几百年,据说与北威尔士的多尔维德兰城堡设计相似。

早期的探险家和拓荒者在田纳西河和密苏里河沿岸的美国本土部落中发现了可能受威尔士人影响的证据。 在18世纪,人们发现了一个当地部落,它似乎与之前遇到的所有其他部落都不同。 这个部落被称为曼丹人,他们被描述为拥有堡垒、城镇和永久性村庄的白人,在街道和村庄中布置了他们声称自己的祖先是威尔士人,说的语言也和威尔士人非常相似。 曼丹人不使用独木舟,而是用科勒克斯(Coracles)捕鱼,这种古老的船今天在威尔士仍然可以找到。 人们还发现,与其他部落的成员不同,这些人随着年龄的增长而长出白发。 此外,1799年田纳西州的约翰-塞维尔州长写了一份报告,他在其中提到发现六具骷髅被包裹在印有威尔士纹章的铜质盔甲中。

See_also: 闰年迷信

曼丹公牛船和小屋: 乔治-卡特林

乔治-卡特林(George Catlin)是一位19世纪的画家,他花了八年时间生活在包括曼丹人在内的各种美国本土部落中,他宣称他发现了马多格王子探险队的后裔。 他推测威尔士人在曼丹人中生活了几代人,相互通婚,直到他们的两种文化变得几乎没有区别。 一些后来的调查者支持他的观点理论,指出威尔士语和曼丹语是如此相似,以至于曼丹人在用威尔士语交谈时很容易做出反应。

See_also: 维多利亚时代的词汇和短语

曼丹村:乔治-卡特林

不幸的是,该部落在1837年被商人引入的天花流行病几乎消灭了。 但对其威尔士遗产的信仰一直持续到20世纪,1953年美国革命女儿会在莫比尔湾旁竖起了一块牌子。

"为了纪念马多格王子,"铭文中写道,"一位威尔士探险家于1170年在莫比尔湾海岸登陆,并与印第安人一起留下了威尔士语。"

Paul King

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