March 15th, 2024 MS408 Folio 25v has always intrigued me as it has a cute little dragon perched in a corner with some shady side eye. We posted over two years ago our translation and coordinates of Folio 25v, Cape Cauldron just south of South Africa. After reading a Facebook post from Marcuzio Isauro, heContinue reading “Folio 25v – Draco Constellation Analysis”
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Folio 26r – Cape Cauldron
Captain’s Blog: May 6th, 2022 DATA:Location: Cape Cauldron, South AfricaGeolocation: 40°0’W/16°0’EMath: Centripetal Force/Acceleration = inward circular motion; calculating low-tide slack water currentsOcean Currents/Gyre: South Atlantic Current; Cape Cauldron; Brazil Current English Translation:Meridian arc length angular momentum water, low tide slack water supports on from its upward secant arc. Join the measurement to check whether theyContinue reading “Folio 26r – Cape Cauldron”
Folio 1r – Cartographers Orb Projection
Captain’s Blog April 21, 2021 (edited 6/24/2024) In Folio 1r, the authors of Yale MS 408 (Voynich Manuscript) text book describe how to use a spherical orb in order to observe the suns positions based on how the suns raise hit the sea-level at the horizon. Such orbs where used for thousands of years butContinue reading “Folio 1r – Cartographers Orb Projection”