# A story about Merlin Exploring the New World?

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**Created:** [February 18, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story-about-merlin-exploring-the-new-world/229868 "2004-02-18T20:48:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story-about-merlin-exploring-the-new-world/229868/1 "2004-02-18T20:48:25Z")

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Does anybody remember a story about Merlin and a band of knights who travel to the Americas long before Columbus? I remember they explored much of the eaastern and southern US, and had a bloody battle with what was apparently the Aztecs or other tribe in Mexico/Central America.

Ring a bell?

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**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story-about-merlin-exploring-the-new-world/229868/2 "2004-02-18T21:24:50Z")

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_King of the World’s Edge_. As I recall, Merlin and the druids were depicted as tricksters, and they discovered a race of sentient amphibians. I had a paperback with a cover illustration of a couple of these creatures swimming near a large wooden ship.