tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post3820125623339253293..comments2024-03-28T21:52:52.100-06:00Comments on Dispatches From Turtle Island: How Did An Medieval Tanzanian Coin End Up On An Australian Beach?Andrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-52060724270427450622013-07-03T17:21:23.562-06:002013-07-03T17:21:23.562-06:00Maju sums up the generally accepted explanation. ...Maju sums up the generally accepted explanation. The coins don't 'prove' any East African voyaging to Australia. The beach is actually on an island, not the mainland, so a lost piracy hoard is possibly the correct explanation. terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-26598057622552229932013-07-02T14:04:04.306-06:002013-07-02T14:04:04.306-06:00Essentially you explain it very well: the Portugue...Essentially you explain it very well: the Portuguese looted the Zendji (the Swahili civilization, whose main city was Kilwa) and the Dutch later looted the Portuguese in the Malay Archipelago. Somehow the Dutch hoard ended in that Australian beach (weren't the Dutch the first Westerners to "discover" Australia?), be it shipwreck, piracy or whatever other odd story. Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.com