CHAPTER XII. 233. Behind History
In a huge "Colosseum" -
Xue Ji looked at the diamond ring on her hand, and she complained softly with a little dissatisfaction: "This ring is still a little tighter for me to wear, but I didn't expect Mai Qi's fingers to be thinner than me!?" ”
"Hey, hey, hey, you're forcing someone else's wedding ring like this, is it really good!?" Although Tang Sen didn't dare to act rashly, he still dared to complain......
Xue Ji glanced at Tang Sen, snorted disdainfully, and put her hands behind her back. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Anyway, Columbus was not the first European explorer to reach the Americas! The first European explorer to reach the Americas was Leif Eriksson. Tang Sen said proudly that when it comes to world history and archaeology, he is not much inferior to others.
Xue Ji frowned slightly, but she didn't expect that this young man who was full of running trains seemed to really have some knowledge, and it seemed that he had still done research.
But Columbus's voyages brought the first sustained European contact with the Americas, and ushered in an era of European exploration and colonization of overseas territories that would continue for centuries. These have had an immeasurable impact on the historical development of the modern Western world! Liuyin stared at Tang Sen and said, after all, Columbus's behavior is still evaluated in the world.
Between 1492 and 1502, he crossed the Atlantic four times to the American continent under the patronage of the King of Spain, and became a famous navigator in history. But! The first to discover the American continent were the Viking Leif-Ericsson, and the Chinese Zheng He. Yukihime shook her head slightly, telling everyone the true background.
"Columbus lobbied for more than a decade, lobbying England, France, Italy and Portugal, but they were all rejected. It was not until 1492 that he gained the support of Queen Isabella of Spain. Yukihime smiled contemptuously, as if she knew something deeper.
"I'll just say that this guy is very inspirational, for the ideal, for the dream, he can persist for so many years!" Tang Sen said with his hands full of energy, thinking that this is the spirit that an explorer should have.
"Adventurer spirit!?" Xue Ji's disdainful look, for her, the greed of human nature is the most fundamental driving force, and she has long seen through these ugly human nature.
"That's right! Isn't it!? Townsend clenched his fists in the air and asked yearningly.
"Do you know why Columbus was rejected by various countries? It's because Columbus made some excessive demands! Yukihime's fingers swiped lightly in the air, forming a white mist like a paper article, one after another.
Tang Sen looked at the "white mist" in the air in surprise, he seemed to understand something......
For example, he demanded the title of Commander of the Sea, a 10% return of the spoils, and the succession of governorships of every nation he found to his descendants. At the beginning, Queen Isabella of Spain rejected him as well! As soon as Yukihime grabbed the "white mist" in the air with her hand, they scattered without a trace......
"His breath is not small......" Townsend swallowed, feeling that Columbus had really gained fame and fortune.
But since then, the West has finally emerged from the darkness of the Middle Ages, and has begun to rise inexorably to the world, and in the centuries that followed, achieved maritime supremacy. A new industrial civilization has become the mainstream of world economic development, and Columbus has not affected a country......" Liuyin pursed his lips, and had to admit the credit of this historical navigator.
"Columbus's first voyage paved the way and opened the door for Western European countries to expand, invade, and conquer the New World. Spain and Western European countries invaded and expanded into the Americas one after another, and Spain soon became the first colonial empire on which the sun never set. The American Indians began to sink into the abyss of colonial misery and pools of blood of slaughter. Yukihime sighed.
Such consequences were not what she wanted to see, but those natives at that time were too primitive, and they were far inferior to these colonists in terms of weapon combat, so they could only be slaughtered by others......
"But...... What does it all have to do with this diamond!? "Townsend doesn't understand what Yukihime's intentions are in such a painstaking effort to participate in the sailing adventures of the Middle Ages!?
"At the beginning of that era, there was still a lot of room for improvement in terms of nautical technology and boat performance. But as I said, that magical passage in the Bermuda Triangle still needs someone to go in to know, so ......" Yukihime said here, smirking wickedly.
In her eyes, there is no one she can't take advantage of, except Tana Dracula......
"I'll go! So you went into Bermuda with Columbus's ocean team, in order to discover that secret passage that didn't even know where it was!? Tang Sen was even more surprised, it turned out that Xue Ji was the real adventurer!
"That's right, that trip had to go......" Yukihime's expression changed, as if something else was urging her, threatening her, forcing her to deal with the problem......
"Did you find that passage then!?" Townsend asked in surprise, he never expected that in this aerial psychiatric prison, he could obtain such confidential information - even if it is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake, it cannot stop his enthusiasm for exploration, which is also the most interesting part of the adventure! Whether it's true or not, it's up to you to uncover the truth!
Xue Ji shook her head helplessly, and there was even a hint of cowardice on her unruly face! It seems that the magic of the Bermuda Triangle terrifies this kind of immortal woman......
"All you can get from the book is that on May 11, 1502, Christopher Columbus set out from the port of Cádiz with four ships and a crew of 150 men, and set out on his fourth voyage?" Xue Ji stared at Tang Sen and asked, her proud appearance, even between her eyebrows, laughing at the ignorance of the world.
Tang Sen frowned, not knowing how Xue Ji was going to tease him again, he had to nod, because according to the records of history, this is indeed the case......
"There were more than 4 ships and 150 people!? The fourth voyage, in fact, was that the European royal family also wanted to find this passage, which was the voyage of the Combined Fleet, and the real number and number of ships were 30 times higher than recorded in history! Yukihime's blue pupils shimmered with a blurred light......
This sentence scared everyone, including Mai Qi!
"If the combined fleet at that time had hundreds of ships and a few thousand people, it was already an almost invincible hegemon in that era, would there still be a territory that could not be taken and crossed!?" Townsend said in amazement, he had only heard of Bermuda, and in terms of Lloyd's ability to create wormholes, he had completely believed in the power of Bermuda......
"It was precisely because of the almost total annihilation of such a huge combined fleet that it became a major failure in the history of European navigation, when the official information blockade and crisis public relations were able to cover up the truth. If I hadn't done him a great favor on Columbus's ship at the time, he wouldn't have returned to Spain in 1504! Even though she had seen all kinds of scenes, the mention of Bermuda still made her feel uneasy...... (To be continued.) )