Section 90 Nautical charts
Chen Dong left the underground treasure house with the iron letter and returned to the villa. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Chen Dong found a dagger and scraped off the rust, opened the iron letter, and found that there was a badge and a book inside the iron letter.
The badge is made of copper, a triangular copper plate, the bottom of the copper plate is designed with a pin, which can be worn on the body, and the front of the copper plate is engraved with a trefoil pattern, which means lucky in the culture of the Mu people.
A book, the pages of which are on the same paper as the letter written by Moya, the governor of the island of Usmar, to Ram 'Gah' in the golden box, a high-grade paper made of peculiar plant fibers, which has been relatively well preserved over a long period of more than 100,000 years, and the tiny hemp rope that binds the book has long since decayed.
Chen Dong picked up the book and gently opened the pages, the level of the artificial paper is about only the level of Egyptian artificial papyrus, the texture is rough, not smooth, very thick, the color is the color of hay, after an incomparably long time, the paper is a little yellow, decayed, and the handwriting is a little blurred, but the whole is still relatively well preserved.
This is the logbook of the navigator Lametiel.
The Temple of Ramettir was built to commemorate the discovery of Usmal by Ramettir, his sailing ship is kept in the main hall and some of his relics are kept in the basement of the Temple of Ramettir.
However, it is possible that Moya, the governor of Usmaar Island at that time, felt that the basement of the Temple of Lamette was secret, safe, and a good place to store treasures, so he enlarged and transformed the basement of the Temple of Romancel to store treasures, and the relics of Lamityl occupied by Nestle Dove, including this iron letter, were randomly stacked in the corner of the basement.
After more than four months of archaeology, the archaeologists deciphered the Muren script that could almost be compiled into a dictionary.
Chen Dong's computer contains information in the Muren script.
This logbook was translated against these sources.
In the 7th year of Na, the 12th year of Muruku, and the month of Shaku, under the command of Venerable Ram, I was ordered to organize an expedition to find the legendary island of gems and spices,......。
In Na7,......, I organized a fleet of five ships, with the Voyage of the Seas as the flagship and ......, from Port Chatham.
Seven years ......, I suddenly saw a ring of fire flying from the sky,...... It is headless and spews a foul smell. The ring of fire, one pole long and one wide, silent,......, suddenly fell down like a "leaf movement", and everyone fell to the ground in panic,......, but the ring of fire rose again and disappeared into the sun.
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In the 7th year of Na, ...... night there was a storm at sea, roaring wildly, huge waves,......, losing a boat.
In the 8th year of Na, ,......, situation became very bad, in the vast ocean, no land can be seen, no islands are encountered, for more than 100 days in a row, there is no fresh food, only rusks to satisfy hunger, and then even the rusks are eaten, and they can only eat some wormed rusk crumbs, this food emits a stench like rat urine,......, the fresh water in the cabin is getting shallower and shallower, and finally you can only drink turbid yellow water with a foul smell,......。
In Na8,......, fleet arrived at three inhabited islands, the inhabitants of which were dark-skinned and tall, naked, but wearing hats made of palm leaves,......, this is not the legendary island of gems and spices, and we set off.
In the 8th year of Na8,......, we discovered the legendary island of gems and spices,......。
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At the end of the page, Chen Dong found a folder, and the folder was folded.
Chen Dong placed the clip on a table and gently spread it out.
As the clip sheet is spread out, a sheet of paper about 50 cm x 40 cm is laid flat on the table.
This is a map, to be said to be a nautical chart.
As soon as he saw this nautical chart, Chen Dong's heart beat rapidly, and his breathing almost stopped, he had not been so excited when he found the 'Blue Star' gem in the gem pile before.
It can be said that all the treasures in the basement of the Temple of Lametir are not worth as much as this nautical chart.
On this yellowed paper, full of lines and symbols, the map of the continent of Mu, Central and South America, South America, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and the island of Usmal are all included in this nautical chart, and there are dotted lines representing the routes opened, place names representing ports, cities, colonies, symbols, representing directions, and numbers representing the angle of navigation,......。
This is a very standard nautical chart.
The recorded Mu people are good at sailing, which can be seen from this navigation chart.
However, it is possible that the Mu people did not explore the continents completely, and the shapes of the continents drawn on the nautical charts were not accurate in Chen Dong's opinion.
For example, in South America, Peru and Chile, the narrow coastline has a huge 'V' arc at the junction of the coasts of the two countries, and this nautical chart does not show this arc, only a curved coastline, which is a huge mistake, which shows that the Mu people did not even explore the western coastline of South America.
There is a bay between Burma, Bangladesh and India, called the Bay of Bengal, the shape of the Bay of Bengal on the nautical chart is very different from the shape of the Bay of Bengal on the map of the valley, the shape of a human head becomes a pear shape, the shape of India is an inverted triangle, the shape of India on this nautical chart is to eat a kangaroo, and the large island of Sri Lanka below India does not appear on the nautical chart, which also shows that the exploration of Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent is very limited.
However, this does not affect the accuracy of the directions of the various ports, cities, and colonies indicated on the nautical chart.
Chen Dong first looked at Usmaar Island on the chart.
The shape of Usmal Island is a bit like the shape of a spindle, it is a fairly large island in the Pacific Ocean, compared with the South American mainland, the area of Usmal Island is equivalent to one-tenth of the South American mainland, and now Usmal Island only exposes the three islands of Tau Island, Ofu Island, and Olosega Island are less than 60 square kilometers, and most of Usmaar Island is submerged and becomes part of the seabed.
Comparing the nautical map of Usmal Island with Google Maps, the Manua Islands are located in the central and eastern part of the spindle, and the western part of Usmaar Island stretches as far as American Samoa.
Chen Dong looked at a stronghold on the west south coast of the spindle, which marked Nucatan, which was the most important colony of Usmal Island by the Mu people, and the place of Nucatan was now Tau Island.
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