Did Portuguese beat Captain Cook to Australia by 250 years ?...

[ARC]

Did Portuguese beat Captain Cook to Australia by 250 years? Ancient lead cannon found on beach near Darwin linked to Spanish mine that pre-dates 1770 | Daily Mail Online

 

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[Smithbrown]

Not on this evidence they didn't. It's not a Portuguese and it is not 16th century. We thrashed this out a year ago http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/s...-bronze-lantaka-beach-northern-australia.html

 

[ARC]

Was waiting for a response...
Read about this a year ago and sloughed it off as whatever...
I missed your post on this... interesting.
And agreed.

 

[Smithbrown]

It was before your time on this website...

 

[ARC]

Actually I have been coming here since 1995.
been watching it since they registered the name with NS.

 

[Smithbrown]

Before you decided to join us, then.

 

[Smithbrown]

That explains quite a lot

 

[Smithbrown]

I think we have wandered far from the topic of Portuguese/Not Portuguese breechloaders....