[gothic-l] Re: The extent of Ermanarik's realm

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at y..., Tore Gannholm <tore.gannholm at s...> wrote:
> >tula is Gotland.
> >
> >
> >Tore,
> >
> >I have been to Danzig several times, but Gotland cannot be seen
from
> >there at all, not even in the best of weather. The distance must be
> >around 300 km, meaning that it is far behind the curvature of the
> >earth to be seen at such a distance.
> >
> >
> >>  The cloud formations over Gotland were are wellknow landmark
from
> >the
> >>  Danziger Bucht.
> >
> >
> >Clouds... maybe, but I don't think that Jordanes meant clouds, but
> >that he was just misinformed about the geographic locations in that
> >area.
> >
> >Dirk
> >  > --
> >
>
>
> Dirk,
> This is a common knowledge among sailors fishermen etc. that when
you
> are outside the Vistula river they say "we can now see Gotland and
> steer there".
>
> The same knowledge they had during the Migration period.
>
> If you are a sailor you should know that.
>
> Tore
> --


Tore,


I am not a sailor. I just know that you can't see Gotland from the
Vistula mounth, but cloud formations maybe a different matter.

Dirk






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