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Captain’s Blog: May 9, 2022 DATA:Location: Agulhas Plateau, South of South AfricaGeolocation: 40°0’S/27°0’EMath: Fluid Dynamics; Force-Velocity Curve; Velocity Vector of a CurveOcean Currents/Gyre: Indian Ocean, Agulhas Plateau, Agulhas Return Current Notes on 27v: to get out of this area the authors of MS408 where using a small skiff boat to drop an anchor and swingContinue reading “Folio 27v – Agulhas Plateau Ocean Depth”

Captain’s Blog: May 9, 2022 DATA:Location: Where the Antarctic Current meets the Indian OceanGeolocation: 35°0’S/35°0’ESailing: Navigating through Antarctic Rossby Waves.Ocean Currents/Gyre: Agulhas Return Current, Retroflection English Translation:At the end of the sentence, the instrument true North. The gusty wind measurement separates the descending solemn inunction. The Boatswain: alarm, is fixed to call the information secantContinue reading “Folio 28r – Agulhas Return Current”

Captain’s Blog: May 9, 2022 DATA:Location: Transkei Basin Indian OceanGeolocation: 40°0’S/40°0’EMath: Modulus of Elasticity = length of vortex/spherical momentumOcean Currents/Gyre: Transkei Basin, Indian OceanEthnobotany: Sedge plant. Known in the 11th century as an abortifacient. Following the directions exactly is the only way to abort and escape. It uses a sharp point plum-bob (located in theContinue reading “Folio 28v – Transkei Basin”

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;Continue reading “Folio 27r-29v: Historical Importance of April 26th, 1433”

Captain’s Blog: May 7th, 2022 DATA:Location: South AfricaGeolocation: 34°05’S/18°12’ESailing: Routes through and around the Agulhas Bank and currents Math: torque momentum. Ocean Currents/Gyre: South Africa RetroflectionEthnobotany: Whitebeam: folklore says it had magical properties and the wood used for wands and staffs. The Anglo-Saxons often used whitebeam as a survey boundary marker. English Translation:To draw water it gushesContinue reading “Folio 26v: South African Retroflection”

Captain’s Blog: May 5th, 2022 DATA:Location: Meridian of AntarcticaGeolocation: 30°0’S/0°0’EMath: Torque Calculation using a 15th century anemometer. They where running two anemometers on the yard arm and could predict the change in wind speed. By using the change in the wind speed they could predict when to tacked and sail straight into the wind. TheyContinue reading “Folio 25r – Meridian of Antarctica”

Captain’s Blog: May 5th, 2022 DATA:Location: Approaching South AfricaGeolocation: 34°21’S/18°28’EMath: The Great Circle; Length of an ArcOcean Currents/Gyre: South Africa Retroflection, Cape CauldronEthnobotany: Rose Atlas from the Catalan AtlasArtifacts: Silk Road Artifact (as shown below) Butisl Bi 15B/F “ju” meaning “to enter.” Burial “Bi” where used along the silk road as navigation tools and tradeContinue reading “Folio 25v – To Enter use Arc Length”

Captain’s Blog: May 5th, 2022 DATA:Location: Tristen de CunheGeolocation: 35°S/0°EMath: wye level grid, surveyors forward doubleOcean Currents/Gyre: Brazil Current, Antarctica Circumpolar Current, Weddell GyreCatalan Atlas: Poseidon Grid shift in Atlantic to Prime Meridian.(*) English Translation:Tease the authors North to divide into segments by time period, it contains the opening. Above all the words, see hip-areaContinue reading “Folio 24v: Tristen de Cunhe”

Captain’s Blog: 5/2/2022 DATA:Location: South AfricaGeolocation: 30°0’S/10°0’WMath: lambda in linear algebraOcean Currents/Gyre: Benguela CurrentEthnobotany: Leaves warn of a Mako Shark type species English Translation:For a period of time the wind foresight a powerful wave measurement. The former I am congealing is the canonical hour and property line. I am producing the grid in order ofContinue reading “Folio 24r: Benguela Current”