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600th |
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Prince Henry Sinclair Anniversary |
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To promote recognition of Henry Sinclair, 14th Century explorer of North America, and to celebrate the 600th anniversary in 1998 Kirkwall Symposium |
Published by Prince Henry Project Committee 65 Hartwell Street, West Boylston, MA, 01583, USA Phone: 508-835-2900 Fax: 508-835-2944 E-Mail: henry1398@aol.com HTML by John S. Quarterman |
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On 2nd August, 1379, Henry Sinclair was installed as Earl of
Orkney.
The ceremony took place on the Swedish island of Marstrand.
Nineteen years later, in 1398, he set sail from Orkney and Shetland with an armada of twelve ships. After a journey of some months, he arrived in the New World at Nova Scotia, nearly 100 years before Columbus.
Or did he?
A symposium was held in Kirkwall, Orkney, 5-7 September 1997 to address this and related questions.
Clan Sinclair.