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Norumbega, New England’s lost city of riches and Vikings

24 May 2010 tagged Boston, cartography myth, history, vikings with no comments

“Here, at modern Watertown, was the ancient CITY OF NORUMBEGA.”

While preparing data for another spare time local interest map (forthcoming), I ran across a tiny bit of information (“Horsford’s Norse exploration theory”) that ended up captivating me for the weekend. It is the story of Norumbega, at various points a regional name applied to New [...]