| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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or Madog (Madoc ap Owain Gwynedd) (m d´ k, mä´–) (KEY) , fl. 1170?, quasi-historical Welsh prince. According to Welsh legend, Madoc, said to be a son of Owain Gwynedd, discovered America 300 years before Columbus. Witnesses’ accounts of finding supposedly Welsh-speaking Native Americans have served to keep alive the story, which is otherwise unsupported by evidence. He is the subject of Robert Southey’s Madoc. |
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