The story of MADOC, a Welsh prince, 
a son of Owain Gwynedd, who is 
reputed to have sailed across the 
Atlantic and reached America in 1170, over 300 years before Columbus, has fascinated people over the generations.

Wales is a nation on the western side of the British mainland, which together with Ireland, Scotland and England, make up the British Isles.

Some believe that Madoc and his companions initially settled in the Georgia/Tennessee/ Kentucky area, eventually moving to the Upper Missouri, where they were assimilated into a major plains tribe called the Mandans. There is also a suggestion that a small band of MADOC's followers moved to the upper Ohio area, and became known as 'White Madoc', a small tribal group within the mighty Shawnee nation.

People, on both sides of the Atlantic, have researched the story over the years. Such a subject is bound to have its sceptics, and what we have set out to achieve with this site is to try to establish the truth about MADOC AB OWAIN GWYNEDD, by presenting all the available evidence as it comes to light.

If you have any information  you would like to share, please forward it to   howard@madoc1170.com.