"The ancient Greek epic "The Odyssey"? The Immortal Trek of Odysseus?...Phew! I am really impressed by this latest popular ancient Greek epic..."
The stars were brilliant, and the stars were like ribbons. The scholar Martin Behem stood on the bow of the ship, and the long burgundy feathers on the noble's slanted hat were fluttering in the hunting sea breeze. He stared at the boundless forest sea. Three months ago
The scene of defrauding the ship is like a distant nightmare, it seems that it is no longer so clearly visible.
Three months ago, he was frightened into going to the meeting alone by a letter from the other party. Then, with a glass of spiked wine, this noble-born scholar boarded a pirate ship with a narrow escape from death. But when he woke up
After arriving, in the unforgettable dim cabin, he had a knife held to his neck again and wrote a letter voluntarily going to sea...
It can be said that whenever he is reminded of this experience of an aristocratic scholar encountering a bandit navy, he will be extremely angry and regretful! Just one day ago, he was living in a gorgeous and exquisite aristocratic manor with his beautiful wife.
Lying on a three-meter-wide soft cotton bed. One day later, he was put into a narrow cabin and slept on a damp and cold shipboard without even a piece of wool to wipe his butt!
However, after sailing for three months, experiencing even more narrow escapes, and finally arriving in this vast new land... his mood did change. More importantly, his life still depends on it.
In the hands of a group of bandits and the navy! When it’s time to let go, you still have to put it down wisely!…
"Hey! Bruno, my old friend... This sailing exploration of the Atlantic Ocean is indeed thrilling, and it shocked me beyond measure! I never thought that after only two or three months of sailing, I would be in this originally blank place.
In the deep sea of southwest China, a real, vast, and brand-new new continent was discovered!…”
"Haha! Far away from the mainland, deep into the helpless ocean, it is really shocking... Huh? Wait! Martin, what did you say?!..."
Bruno was suddenly startled! He froze on the spot, opened his mouth in surprise, and repeated in disbelief.
"You just said...this?...this is?...a new...continent?!..."
"Not bad! I'm sure this is a brand new continent!..."
The aristocratic scholar Martin nodded affirmatively. His eyes were somewhat deep, staring at the boundless forest sea. Then, he took off the long burgundy feather on his hat, which was given to the governor's son-in-law by Knight Silvera to please him.
His gift. And just like that, he pointed at the southern jungle with his bright long feathers and said meaningfully.
"This is a tropical continent that has never been recorded before! It doesn't look like India, let alone Siris! Many of the trees here have never been seen before. And the birds and animals here are all brand new..."
"What's more important! After observing this jungle for more than ten days, I didn't even see a single large animal! No elephants, no hippos, no lions, and no tigers! And that strange proboscis beast
, which has never been recorded before!…”
"Deep-sea land that shouldn't be there, birds and animals that have never been seen before, vast forest sea where no human beings can be seen... I thought about it, and after eliminating all impossible possibilities, there was only one answer that was difficult to imagine, but could answer everything.
!That is, this vast and wild continent is a new continent! It is a brand new continent between the East and the European continent that has never been recorded in history books!..."
"Ah! New World!!..."
At this moment, Bruno seemed to have been hit hard by an invisible sledgehammer. He was a little unsteady on his feet and staggered against the side of the ship. His eyes were a little absent-minded, and he murmured in a low voice, but he had already had a few thoughts.
Believe it or not.
"Yes! The New World... This is probably the New World! The New World between the East and Europe! This is news that will shock the entire Kingdom of Portugal, and even the entire Catholic world!..."
"In this way, the distance problem of longitude can be explained! And the circumference of the earth is indeed the same as what scholars have measured, and there will be no contradictions!..."
"According to the 40,000-kilometer circumference of the earth, and the 20,000-kilometer distance estimated by scholars...then the route from Europe to Seris is also 20,000 kilometers! No, no!...If it is 20-30 degrees north latitude, then
Not 20,000 kilometers... maybe only 15,000 kilometers?..."
"And the distance we sailed is probably less than 7,000 kilometers. We haven't sailed half of the distance before we arrived at this new continent of unknown size... Then from this new continent, we will go west and reach the new route in the east.
…At least there are more than half of them, and at least there are more than three or four months left!…”
"Lord! If this is the case, then what is the origin of the so-called 'Ancient Japan of Sipan' discovered by Columbus, and the aboriginal kingdom he encountered? Why do they have books from the East, with the East that His Majesty determined
Word?!…"
Thinking of this series of difficult questions, Bruno's heart felt like a ball of tangled yarn that could not be untangled no matter what. He also did not have the great wisdom to cut through everything with a sharp knife and see everything clearly.
Mystery!
At this moment, he frowned and thought for a long time, but he was still not sure whether his inference was true or false? Not to mention, he rashly wrote a voyage report and reported it to His Majesty João. But to clarify all this, he still had to
We need to sail further, see more, and hear more information about the natives!
"Boss! Captain! We asked!..."
"Well, what's the question?..."
"We asked for information about the prisoners!"
At this moment, Haroldo, the bosun, smiled happily, and came to Bruno with Mattim, the quartermaster with a cold face. The two looked at each other, and Mattim waved his hand, asking Haroldo, who was good at talking, to speak first.
explain.
"God bless you! It's unimaginable... Columbus captured this native guide 'Azu' from the Bahamas, and he was able to have a barely understandable conversation with the natives captured alive in this southern rainforest! ...
"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "That's right! Captain, if the results of Columbus' interrogation are not lies... then the natives of the Bahamas at 25 degrees north latitude are actually the same as the natives of the rainforest at 8 degrees north latitude.
They have very similar tribal languages! But they are probably separated by thousands of miles, right? No matter how you look at it, they don’t seem to be related..."
"That's right! Boss...the newly captured native prisoners couldn't stand the interrogation and cried out to confess! They call themselves 'Lokono' (Lokono people). They have always lived in the woods and have never been to anything.
Island! Their tribe is not far away, hidden in the south of the rain forest, about a few days away. Their tribe is also very small, and the surrounding tribes are also very small, usually only ten to thirty palms, and fifty to
One or two hundred?…”
"Yes! Captain, we can be sure! There is really no powerful big tribe behind this tribe! They have never seen iron weapons, only wood and stone weapons, let alone armor. As long as we can find their village, defeating them will be easy
!...However, they are also very poor and have no valuable possessions, not even clothes, let alone shiny gold...Well, women can have fun for a while, but they can't take it on board, so it's not worth it.
Running so far in the woods..."
"Yes! Boss, I have asked this prisoner repeatedly! He has never heard of any devil's curse, let alone the symptoms of fever, chills and death! They also don't have any devil priests, only some with plants, trees and stones.
The wizard who communicates doesn't sound like he has much magic power... The natives here don't seem to have experienced the devil's curse in the southern continent? It's really strange! I don't know if they are lying to us..."
"That's it!...Captain, the prisoner said that they had never thought of attacking us. The reason why they approached quietly was just to see if we were some terrible 'Caribs'?...It is said that they were a group of
The rowers, powerful barbarians, are running around on the western coast and the northern islands, plundering and plundering!…”
Boatswain Haroldo and quartermaster Mattim took turns speaking, and they spoke to each other, vividly describing a wild scene of a savage tribe in the forest in front of Bruno. After listening to this story, Bruno pondered.
It took me a long time to capture two key points.
"The 'Caribs' who rowed and plundered were very ferocious and powerful? Is this powerful barbarian tribe that the natives said was the 'Sipangu natives' who also rowed and attacked in Columbus's mouth? If it is true, then what will happen next on the voyage?
, we must always remain vigilant and prepare the eight-pounder cannon and iron bullets!..."
"Islands in the north? He means that there are islands in the northern sea that are not mainlands? So where are these islands and how big are they? What is their relationship with the Native Islands where Columbus arrived? Are they not far away?
, next to each other?…”
"Let's go! Take me to the bottom of the cabin! I want to torture this native prisoner in person, and let Asu obediently translate every sentence carefully! Once the translation is done, I will reward him with meat, and he will be used again in the future! ... Well,
He is indeed useful! Remember it all, even if you encounter food shortage again, you are not allowed to take advantage of this guide!..."
"Blessed Mother! I have a strong premonition that those powerful 'Sipan Ancient Natives' and the 'Kingdom of Natives' who are connected to the East are right in front of us!..."
