Captain’s Blog: May 9, 2022
The next few folios in the Voynich Manuscript are historically vital in sea exploration. The geolocation is the Agulhas Plateau just past the Cape of Good Hope. The Agulhas region has: a shallow plateau; icy Arctic waters smashing into the hot Indian Ocean currents; gusty winds, eddies; weak ocean edges; and one of the most significant locations for life to exist in sea water. Literally, the womb of Earth.
In previous folios the axoid (folio) grid was set to specific points in the Catalan Atlas Poseidon map. After Cape of Good Hope the Voynich Manuscript switches to a new bearing, Kiev Ukraine. Kiev Ukraine and the Agulhas Plateau share the same longitudinal lines making it vital to understanding this section. In the Catalan Atlas Kiev Ukraine is drawn by a cluster of monasteries.
Each folio in the Voynich represents a 7 day cycle. Folio 27r is dated as April 26th, 1433. The historical significance in ocean exploration on this date is Zhung He, (Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China’s early Ming dynasty) a power house in leading the worlds greatest navy fleet. In Zhung He’s last voyage, April 26th, 1433 was recorded as going down the coast of Africa near islands off the coast of Madagascar. The very location the Voynich axoids are going. Shortly after Zhung He’s voyage the Ming Dynasty shut down its major port Fukiang and moved it to Hong Kong where it still is the major seaport today. This will be a critical understanding when getting to Folio 76v.
Tucker STEM Team 