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Prince Madoc

Rhos-on-Sea, Conwy

A Welsh prince said to have sailed to America 300 years before Columbus.

Legend says that in 1170 Madoc, a son of the king of Gwynedd, sailed west from Wales to escape his quarrelling brothers and discovered America. Stories later spread of Welsh-speaking Native Americans.

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When
Legend, 1170
Where
53.3100, -3.7400
Group
Unexplained

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The plaque is on the seafront wall at Rhos-on-Sea.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations

Not every mystery needs a lost continent. This book investigates fifty-nine real and often overlooked puzzles from the ancient and modern world: a temple older than farming itself, astonishing structures, out-of-place artifacts, and technologies lost to time. Each case is weighed honestly, with a clear ledger of the case for and against, so you can make up your own mind. Some cases collapse under scrutiny. Others remain genuinely unexplained. All of them are stranger than Atlantis.

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