COLUMBUS'S
CHART ROOM
According
to Charles Berlitz Columbus was a Museum of Navigational
knowledge. He was a student of the voyages that preceded
him. Analyzing every detail from sailor’s myths to the logs
of ships from various countries upon their return from
voyages.
Tales
of him sailing off into the unknown are nonsense! His Admirals
chart was a very detailed and precise and was said to have
been drawn in Venice of the 1424 chart. It now resides in the
Library at the University of Minnesota.
Columbus
was born and grew up in Majorca, a center of smuggling
piracy, and map making. Columbus’s brother Bartholomew
was a map maker of Majorca. Norwegian Kare
Prytz
stated in reference to America’s rediscovery. The
name Vinland was written Binini or Isla Bini Which was well known
long before Columbus. On these charts were the Islands of the
Bahamas, Hispaniola, Cuba, Puertoo Rico. The chart makers didn’t know
the
Latitudes of the islands so they placed the islands west of Ireland.
Columbus
gave orders to his Captains to sail 2800 miles to the west
then they would encounter some islands and a continent, they
were instructed not to sail at night because of the islands undetermined
latitude, and they would be approaching Vinland.
In
the legend of the Piri Re’is chart it states that it was redrawn from
other charts including charts once used by Columbus. This chart
is in the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul, and it testifies that the
Atlantic was being Navigated long before the European Dark
Ages.
Dating from 1513 the Piri Re’is chart shows the entire east coast
of both North and South America and also Antarctica.
Columbus
had a book called Kitab Bahriye authored by Admiral
Piri Rei's with descriptions of these distant lands full of
minerals and riches. Columbus used this book to try and convince
Portugal and Genoese that expeditions to these lands would
be very worth while.
Columbus
after several attempts finally convinced the Spanish Royalty
to fund his voyages but represented to the courts that they
would be to India
.
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