Morten St George Theory

[Morten St. George]

I would agree that the use of this plant as a basis for american origin of the vms is problematic for that reason. The sunflower idea is even more problematic since there is even less agreement as to the genus of the plant, not to mention species.

Even worse, botanists have identified two distinct VMS drawings as sunflowers: the ones on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and the one on f93r. Though both drawings are to some degree inaccurate, my point is that the artist likely had sight of a real sunflower at some point in his or her life, from where he or she drew inspiration. In other words, those drawings were more likely to have been made in the Americas than in Europe.