Researchers found clues about North America in an ancient book. Analysis shows that Italian sailors may be the first to discover the Americas, 150 years earlier than Columbus .
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The latest analysis of ancient texts shows that Italian sailors may have discovered the American continent 150 years earlier than Columbus. Professor Paolo Chiesa of the Department of Literature and Document Linguistics of the University of Milan was copying a document written by the monk Galvaneus Flamma of Milan in 1345. He was pleasantly surprised to find a "special" text. This text refers to us. North America as it is known today.
According to Chiesa, this ancient book shows that sailors from Genoa, Italy already knew about the existence of North America. At the time, they called it "Marckalada." Scholars have determined that this is part of the Atlantic coast of North America (usually considered Is Labrador or Newfoundland). This discovery was published in the peer-reviewed journal "Unknown Earth" before Columbus in 2021. Chiesa said: "Although it is only a preliminary analysis, this is the first time we have seen records about the American continent in the Mediterranean."
Galvaneus is a Dominican monk who lives in Milan. He wrote several historical-related literary works in Latin. The " Cronica universalis " analyzed by Chiesa this time is considered to be one of his late works (probably the last one). Galvaneus wrote this book for the purpose of To describe the history of the world in detail.
In the process of translating and analyzing the literature, Professor Chiesa demonstrated that Genoa (a port city in northwestern Italy) was the news center at that time, and showed some gossips that Galvaneus heard in detail at the time. These news come from seafarers, for profit,They often spread rumors about the most northwestern land. "These rumors are too vague to find corroboration in maps or academic research." Professor Chiesa said. He explained why "Marckalada" was not classified as a New World at the time.
"The special thing about this article about Marckalada is that its source is northern Italy, not the Nordic region often mentioned in other records. In the article, Marckalada is described as a place where trees and animals live. These details This is the clue, any piece of land has its own characteristics, because the northern regions such as Greenland and Iceland are characterized by barren and barren, rather than lush trees." Professor Chiesa said.
"In general, we should believe in " Cronica universalis ", because in the article, Galvaneus described where he heard these stories, combined with previous descriptions of the characteristics of different lands and other clues, and then put'Marckalada' Pointed to a new piece of land. I can’t find any reason not to believe in Galvaneus! People have long noticed that the charts drawn in the 14th century in Genoa and Catalonia (the northeastern part of Spain) are more detailed It shows the northern style, because the transportation between these areas is more convenient. And the news about the northwest region is likely to be transmitted to the Genoa area through British Isles and the North Sea mainland coast route... Genoese in the northern port from Scotland, British, , Denmark and Norwegian sailors heard the truth about Marckalada and brought them back to their own city." Journal source: "Unknown Earth"
Journal number: 0082-2884
Original link: https://phys.org/news/2021-10-italian-sailors-knew-america-years.html
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