[tied] Re: All of creation in Six and Seven

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Torsten:
> > >I'm sorry. I thought the Mediterranean was a sea.
> >
> > Very good, Torsten. You're learning... barely. Now I already said
> that the
> > IE did not live on the sea.

> The vikings sailed on seas and rivers with the same boats. Up the
> Thames, up the Elbe, up the Rhine, up the Seine, up the Neva.
> Transshipment ports (Hamburg, London, Cologne, all the ports of the
> Baltic) became necessary when the Hanse took over with their 300 t
> cogs, as opposed to the viking ship's 30 t.

Detroit (see
http://www.fourthseacoastonline.com/advertising/ocean_freight_ad_rates
.html ) would probably have been a better example than Vancouver.
The Manchester Ship Canal also comes to mind.

Richard.