claim: Vedic Sanskrit is the language of texts compiled in the 2nd and 1st millennia BCE.
evidence: Gerald F. -LRB- Gerry -RRB- Spiess -LRB- born 1940 -RRB- is a school teacher best known for having sailed his 10 ft home-built sailboat Yankee Girl solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1979 and across the Pacific in 1981 .. sailboat. sailboat. Atlantic Ocean. Atlantic Ocean. Pacific. Pacific. Spiess designed and built the boat in his garage in suburban White Bear Lake , Minnesota , from plywood .. suburban. suburban. White Bear Lake. White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Minnesota. Minnesota. plywood. plywood. After a test launch in the local lake , Spiess transported the boat to the East Coast for launch .. the local lake. White Bear Lake ( Minnesota ). East Coast. East Coast of the United States. He sailed from Norfolk , Virginia , on June 1 , 1979 , arriving in Falmouth , England , after a 54-day Atlantic crossing .. Norfolk. Norfolk, Virginia. Virginia. Virginia. Falmouth. Falmouth, Cornwall. England. England