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Brendan
Brendan (c.484–578), Irish saint, the hero of a legendary voyage in the Atlantic. He is held by some to have been the first discoverer of America, on the basis of the text of Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis, of which many manuscript copies exist, at least three dating from the 11th century. Between 519 and 527, he is supposed to have made several voyages, the early ones in a currach, and on one of them was accompanied by seventeen monks. However, the many remarkable adventures recounted almost certainly place some of the voyages within the realm of legend, particularly as they also appear in the pagan Irish saga of Maelduin and in Scandinavian mythology.
For many years St Brendan's Island was marked on charts of the Atlantic. In his journal Columbus records that the inhabitants of Madeira had seen it to the west, and on his Nuremberg globe the German navigator Martin Behaim (c.1436–1507), shows it west of the Canaries. A great many voyages were undertaken to locate the island, so persistent was the belief in its existence, but it was never found. In 1859 it was accepted that, like Atlantis, it did not exist. It is virtually impossible that St Brendan could have reached America. If the voyage actually took place at all it is possible that it was to Iceland, and just possible that the monks then sailed southwards to the Canaries. See also exploration by sea. Bibliography O'Meara, J. , The Voyage of St. Brendan (1976). |
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"Brendan." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Brendan." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-Brendan.html "Brendan." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-Brendan.html |
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Brendan
Brendan ♂ Anglicized form of Irish Breandán (earlier Bréanainn);. This was the name of two 6th-century Irish saints, Brendan the Voyager and Brendan of Birr. According to Irish legend, the former was the first European to set foot on North American soil.
Variant: Brendon. |
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Brendan." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Brendan." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Brendan1.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Brendan." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Brendan1.html |
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Brendan
Brendan ♂ (Irish) Anglicized form of Breandán.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Brendan." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Brendan." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Brendan.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Brendan." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Brendan.html |
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Brendan
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•abandon, Brandon, Rwandan, Ugandan
•Baden, Baden-Baden, Coloradan, garden, harden, lardon, Nevadan, pardon
•Wiesbaden • bear garden
•tea garden
•Armageddon, deaden, leaden, redden
•Eldon, Sheldon
•Brendan, tendon
•Dresden
•Aden, Aidan, Haydn, laden, maiden
•handmaiden
•cedarn, cotyledon, dicotyledon, Eden, monocotyledon, Sweden
•wealden
•bestridden, forbidden, hidden, midden, outridden, ridden, stridden, unbidden
•Wimbledon
•linden, Lindon, Swindon
•Wisden • Mohammedan • Myrmidon
•harridan • hagridden • Sheridan
•bedridden • Macedon • Huntingdon
•Dryden, guidon, Leiden, Poseidon, Sidon, widen
•Culloden, hodden, modern, sodden, trodden
•Cobden • downtrodden
•Auden, broaden, cordon, Gordon, Hordern, Jordan, warden
•churchwarden • louden • bounden
•loden, Snowdon
•beholden, embolden, golden, olden
•hoyden • Bermudan • wooden
•Mukden • gulden • sudden
•Blunden, London
•Riordan • bourdon • bombardon
•celadon • Clarendon
•burden, guerdon
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"Brendan." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Brendan." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Brendan.html "Brendan." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Brendan.html |
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