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Captain’s Blog: October 15th, 2021 DATA:Location: approaching the Canary IslandsGeolocation: 28°29’N/16°63’WOcean Currents/Gyre: Canary CurrentEthnobotany: Insectivorous plant of Drosera – dew drops is an anchor/hook for mapCatalan Atlas: Loci Points and secant arc from Canary Island “Teroerife” English TranslationWeave the way, sift through the entry point, the aerial secant arc measurement length of the vessels secantContinue reading “Folio 7v: Weave the Way”

Captain’s Blog: October 14th, 2021 DATA:Location: Canary IslandGeolocation: 28°29’N/16°63’WMath: The elongated P’s are referencing Prime Meridian orientation.Ocean Currents/Gyre: Canary CurrentEthnobotany: Lula Squid – the myth of the Kraken NOTES: Move over Shakespeare there’s a new poet in town. Yale MS 408, Folio 8r tells a tail of how to approach the “Isla del Meridiano” akaContinue reading “Folio 8r: El Hierro and the Kraken”

Captain’s Blog: October 13th, 2021 DATA:Location: Turn in the Canary CurrentGeolocation: 22°06’N/20°52’WMath: Euclidean glome aka 3-sphere. Trade wind acceleration and circumference equation.Ocean Currents/Gyre: Canary CurrentEthnobotany: Jasan Ash Tree – viking folklore for protection English Translation:A preference, unwind the journey’s approach, it will be going. Time the whistles reverberating space. Foolish to helm, the wind courseContinue reading “Folio 8v: Trade Winds and Praia Crater”

Captain’s Blog: October 13, 2021 DATA:Location: leaving Cape VerdeGeolocation: 12°22’N/28°16’WOcean Currents/Gyre: Canary Current English Translation:Power! I scream the point lines in the water measurement, the point of entry is a low whistling sound. Enter by going around the corner in a guarded manner. The mark overhead measurement is sure to enter from. Settle time, theContinue reading “Folio 9v – Cape Verde”

Captain’s Blog: October 13th, 2021 The Voynich Manuscript Folio 9r-9v have a mapped position of the Bay of Cape Verde. This bay is very windy, which is an understatement. The hot windy Trade Winds make getting in and out of Cape Verde a complicated task even today. The most import word within this page isContinue reading “Folio 9r: Bay of Cape Verde”

Captain’s Blog: October 12, 2021 DATA:Location: Mid-Atlantic above the EquatorGeolocation: 8°53’N/33°04’WOcean Currents/Gyre: Equatorial Counter CurrentEaster Egg #1: Hoopoe Upupa Epops – Levant Legend of Solomon. The bird saved Solomon from the heat by forming an impenetrable cloud between the sun and the monarch. Easter Egg #2: Melusine Scottish folklore. Melusine sought revenge putting riches in aContinue reading “Folio 10r – Equatorial Counter Current”

Captain’s Blog: October 12th, 2021 DATA:Location: Mid point between North and South Atlantic GyresGeolocation: 8°53’N/30°04’WOcean Currents/Gyre: North Equatorial Counter CurrentEthnobotany: Puya Bromeliad “sheep eating plant” ref. Folio 70v ocean current cyclesEaster Egg: Legend of Melusine English Translation:The head measurement, there is a “holy.” (hole in the page) Solidify your measurement and fasten, it passes toContinue reading “Folio 10v: N. Equatorial Counter Current”

Captain’s Blog: October 11, 2021 DATA:Location: Senegal and Guinea AfricaGeolocation: 12°31’N/17°34’WMath: Calculations of the angular speed entering Guinea CurrentOcean Currents/Gyre: Guinea CurrentEthnobotany: Lysimacha meaning in folklore “To end strife.” Antiaris Toixicara used as poison arrows in Guinea in defense of intruders. Catalan Atlas: Secant arc and wind measurements are drawn into the sails of the ship.Continue reading “Folio 11r – Guinea Africa”

Captain’s Blog: October 11th, 2021 Folio 11r is located of the coast of Senegal. Poisonous Arrows are refered to in the translation, poisonous arrows where only used in two locations: Natives in Brazil and Natives in Senegal. The Key to MS 408 (Catalan Atlas) says this location has a lot of ivory because of itsContinue reading “Folio 11v – Niger River Delta”