While most scholars consider this legend to be untrue, it was used as justification for British claims to the Americas, based on the notion of a Briton arriving before other European nationalities.
虽然大多数学者将这一传说视为不真实的，但是这个传说曾被英国人用作了宣称对美洲主权的借口，因为他们称在其他欧洲民族的人之前，就有一名布立吞人抵达了那里。