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have been well constructed, for the Vikings were the first European people to set foot on Greenland and
had, according to many scholars’ opinions, actually discovered North America. Their raids into the western
Mediterranean have certainly been substantiated so that contact with the Goths cannot be ruled out.

On the South American continent, traces of white Nordic peoples are both numerous and confusing. There
is, first, the linguistic relationship between American and Nordic languages; there is the belief in divine
origin and also similar social structures. Concrete evidence for the presence of Nordic peoples in Amazonia
is supplied by the rock paintings of the famous Pedra Pin tada on the upper Rio Negro. Among these are
pictures of Viking carts and ships. This is really surprising, since no American people knew about the wheel
until the arrival of the Spanish conquerors. For the Inca King Ataualpa the leveling of a mountain was less a
question of technology than a means to occupy the workers.

The prehistory of the Central American nations is as mysterious and obscure as that of the Incas. The few
written records and documents that were saved from the flames of the Inquisition have withstood the
deciphering attempts of even the most up-to-date computers. The Maya chronology is based on the most
mathematically accurate calendar in world history. Together with the ruins of the temple at Chichén Itzá, it
is the last remnant of a civilization that is at least equal (if not superior) to comparable European cultures.
The biggest mystery in the country of the Maya is the uncompleted cities in the Guatemalan jungle. We
know that they were built between A.D. 300 and 900, but we have no idea who commissioned them. The
Maya scholar Rafael Girard suspects that one reason for the sudden interruption of the building may have
been a great famine that drove the people to the southern point of Mexico. The Chronicle of Akakor
mentions the uncompleted cities in connection with the Goths. To prevent an invasion by the
"feather-adorned people of the North," the high council had great cities constructed at the straits, but they
were never completed. After some catastrophe, the forces that had been sent out fled further to the north.
The date given is A.D. 560, which coincides with scientific assumptions.

Even today the problem of the Goths’ or other Nordic peoples’ arrival in the New World has not been
cleared up. There are a number of different theories, all propagated by reputable scientists. In addition,
traditional historiography has shown to what extent it is influenced by contemporary thinking and
prejudices. For generations, historians have made grotesque errors, such as the discovery of America by
Christopher Columbus or the building of Tiahuanaco in A.D. 900. How else is it possible that today’s
experts have made the following two assumptions and have stood rigidly by them: Everything started with
the savage hordes from Asia, and everything finished with the Spanish Conquistadores. Seventy years ago,
nothing was yet known about the fort of Machu Picchu. Twenty years ago, Amazonia was still regarded as
an archaeological vacuum. Ten years ago, scientists still asserted that the number of jungle Indians had
never exceeded 1 million. And so there may still be many secrets that lie buried under the rocks of the
Andes or the liana wilderness of the jungle. We are still far from knowing everything.

The Arrival of the Spanish and Portuguese Discoverers

Columbus’s arrival in America in 1492 initiated the contact between the European Conquistadores and the
people of the New World. Their tradition was to receive strangers kindly, so they treated the bearded whites
with much respect. The king of the Aztecs handed Cortez precious gifts. Ataualpa, the king of the Incas,
sent a delegation to meet Pizarro. The chieftain of the Tupis even offered his own daughter as a sign of
hospitality to the Portuguese who had landed on the Brazilian coast. "The natives," wrote the Portuguese
sailor Cabral to his king, "appear so meek and peaceful that I can assure Your Majesty that there will be no
problems in settling the country. They love their neighbor as themselves, and their language is always
friendly, gentle, and accompanied by a smile."

This behavior, which was unusual in European eyes, was interpreted as weakness by the Spanish and
Portuguese. Pizarro, described by his companions as a righteous subject of his king, thought the people
should immediately be made to surrender all their gold, which was available in immense quantities. And for

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