Show WAS HERE BEFORE COLUMBUS Claims Claim Put Forward That Thit Danish Navigator Landed on the tho American Ameri can Continent In 1470 1476 Several months ago o Dr Let Lor sen len of the University of Copenhagen reported having discovered among old Portuguese and Danish documents evidence evidence evi evl- evi- evi dence that John or a Danish navigator reached the American American Ameri Amen can continent and landed there In 1476 1470 16 10 years yeara before Columbus Ian galled ed According to Doctor Larsen's account account account ac ac- ac- ac count the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator after his twentieth attempt attempt at at at- tempt to reach India by sailing around the lower end of Africa had succeeded conceived the Idea that ships could reach another part vort of ot India by sailing northward across the Atlantic He got In touch with Christian Chris tian thin of ot Denmark his law brother and asked him to assist In dispatchIng dispatch dispatch- Ing lug an expedition from Denmark In search of ot a northwest passage to India Christian fell In with the plan and chose J John ohn an experienced experienced competent sailor Ballor te to pilot the ship Finally the ship reached the coast of Labrador In safety and found a harbor In what Is la now called the Gulf of ot St. St Lawrence |