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The Westford Knight and Henry Sinclair

Evidence of a 14th Century Scottish Voyage to North America

David Goudsward author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:27th Mar '20

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The Westford Knight is a mysterious, controversial stone carving in Massachusetts. Some believe it is an effigy of a 14th century knight, evidence of an early European visit to the New World by Henry Sinclair, the Earl of Orkney and Lord of Roslin. In 1954, an archaeologist encountered the carving, long known to locals and ascribed a variety of origin stories, and proposed it to be a remnant of the Sinclair expedition. The story of the Westford Knight is a mix of history, archaeology, sociology, and Knights Templar lore. This work unravels the threads of the Knight's history, separating fact from fantasy.This revised edition includes a new foreword and four new chapters which add context to the myth-building that has surrounded the Westford Knight and artifacts like it.

Reviews of the first edition: “Intriguing”—The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord.

ISBN: 9781476678665

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm

Weight: 440g

260 pages

2nd Revised edition