Yes, Americo is back!
After leaving Keelung Port in September last year, the fleet of Asiatico followed the route directed by Marin, first followed the Kuroshio northward, then arrived at the waters near Japan, and then followed the west wind from the west wind, heading eastward. After arriving near the west coast of America, it followed the California cold current and headed southward, and arrived at Panama City again.
However, after arriving in Panama City, Americo did not continue to move south, but instead parked the ship in Panama's Tamsui Harbour. He himself took several confidants and rode his horse on land, crossing the Isthmus of Panama, and arrived at Cologne Bay on the Caribbean Sea. He took the new 250 armed merchant ship that had been waiting here for a long time, and hurried back to his hometown.
Because the new class 250 armed merchant ship used upper edge inclined sails, it was very fast to walk the Caribbean Sea and the East Coast of North America. When it was crossing the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Breton Island, it was replaced with a cross sail suitable for sailing down the wind... Then, more than two months later, Americo returned to Port Emden...
At this time, it was the end of June and the weather was already hotter. Of course, the hotter ones mentioned here refer to the southern European region. East Friesland is located on the northern seashore, and it is a westerly wind zone, and the sea breeze is constantly, so it is not very hot at all.
After Americo got ashore, he had just planned to have a sleep, but the guards sent by Marin, who was yelling, were invited to the spring shock-absorbing carriage. So Americo simply fell asleep in the carriage. The carriage took a cement road from Emden to Orich, which was very stable and did not affect Americo's sleep.
When he arrived in Orich, the guards woke up Americo who was sleeping soundly and took him to Marin's office. At this time, Americo had a beard all over his face, obviously he had not taken care of him for a long time, his clothes were dirty, and he was as sloppy as a beggar.
But Marin didn't care at all, so he went up and gave Americo a hug to welcome his return.
Americo was also very tactful and knew that Marin was not interested in him, but his sailing achievements. So he handed over the navigation log in his arms to Marin for review. Then, he began to report on his experience of the sailing and answer Marin's questions.
In fact, Americo was very confused about Marin's ability to predict this route on the Pacific Ocean in advance. After all, no one seems to have ever been involved in this route. Moreover, since someone knows that this route, someone should have walked this route in front of him. Then, his "discovery" seems worthless. It even belongs to the "fake" of discovery...
Marin's explanation for Americo's doubts was simple and crude - no one had ever taken this route, because this route was predicted by the great sage Einstein using his "prophet" ability...
Yamerigo was suddenly struck by lightning... Damn, there is also this statement...
However, although he was questioning in his heart, Americo would never dare to raise it. Because opposing this statement is to question Marin's identity as a "big disciple" and also to question the gods. Americo dared not do anything randomly in such a deathful act.
However, without finding any traces of navigation for seniors, it seems that only Marin's explanation is the most reasonable...
Marin also attaches great importance to this navigation log. Because the coordinates above can be used as an important reference for future navigation. As long as these coordinates are available, as long as a captain who knows how to use sextant and calculates latitude and longitude, he can sail along the coordinates.
Moreover, this navigation log not only contains route coordinates, but also marks where you might encounter reefs. Be careful in that area. As long as you follow these reminders and pay attention to points in the relevant sea areas, there will be no problems.
Of course, Marin also added a note to this navigation log - there are typhoons every summer and autumn, among which, August, July and September are the most dangerous...
This mark is very important because in the sailing era, sailors could not resist the natural disasters such as typhoons. The existence of sails made sailing ships more likely to be overturned by typhoons. Even the ten-ton steel ships that did not use sails in later generations had to hide when they saw typhoons, let alone wooden sailing ships in this era?
Of course, the life or death of an ordinary sailor or even an ordinary captain is irrelevant. This annotation was actually marked by Marin for himself.
After all, if Marin wants to travel to the Ming Dynasty, he must avoid the typhoon season. Otherwise, even if Marin leads a fleet, he will not be able to stop it.
If you encounter a normal storm, even if the ship Marin was riding capsized, he could still flee to other ships on a lifeboat. But if you encounter a typhoon like this, you may have no place to escape. Because the entire fleet may be ruined.
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In fact, in the local area, a fleet of up to 10 500-ton warships had been ready. They were ready to set off at any time. With a command, they would leave their home port and head for the Ming Dynasty.
The home port of these 10 warships is very hidden, no longer the Port of Emden, but in Wilhelmshaven in later generations. It is the deep-water port west of the exit of the Bay of the Oldenburg-Bernard. It is also the excellent deep-water port with the deepest water depth in Germany in later generations, and it is also the largest military port in Germany during the two world wars.
Of course, this is the best port for ships after steeling. But in this era, it was not a good port. Because it was a seawater port, not a freshwater port.
As mentioned many times, before the British Navy discovered that before the copper-skinned ship beating at the bottom of the ship, wooden ships could not stay in the sea for a long time. Otherwise, the wooden ship bottom would easily be eroded by shipworms and damaged, causing water leakage and shipwrecks to sink.
Therefore, before the 19th century, the ports were mostly at the mouth of the Tamsui River, such as New York at the estuary of the Hudson River, London near the Thames River estuary, and Hamburg at the estuary of the Elbe River...
It was not until the mid-19th century, during the American Civil War that the real appearance of ironclad ships and the popularization of wooden ships at the bottom of copper boats, that the Saltwater Port had practical application significance. Wilhelmshaven also began to be built in the late 19th century. Moreover, its important construction purpose was to serve as the home port of the large German ironclad warships.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content below! Originally, Marin did not have the conditions to enable Wilhelmshaven. However, with the emergence of the nickel steel sheet and the success of the four armed merchant ships in Asiatico nailing the bottom of the ship that prevents seawater corrosion, Wilhelmshaven's existence has made sense.
Just so happens that because Port Emden is a trading port, too many warships will scare others. So, after all, Marin thought about it, he simply moved 10 warships with nickel steel sheets at the bottom of the ship to Wilhelmshaven. After all, this place is more hidden and remote, and no one usually comes. By the way, Wilhelmshaven is still called Wilhelmshaven. As for the reason, because Marin is lazy... But to the outside world, Marin claimed that his second son would be called William, and this is nothing...
Currently, Marin has a total of 20 500-ton warships in his hand. In the future, he plans to nail all the ships to the bottom. In the future, they can be hidden in Wilhelmshaven. Saltwater ports like Wilhelmshaven are usually rarely visited. And those Tamwater ports at the mouth of the Tamwater River often have a large number of people and are mixed with eyes. After all, the banks of the Tamwater River are areas with concentrated populations.
However, because there are few spot sisal fibers purchased from the Aztec Empire in Mexico, there is no enough sisal ropes needed to make pulley-type steering wheels, as well as the "bones" of marine cables and sails. Therefore, Marin can only gather 10 battleships that use sisal fiber ropes and sails (partially used). More sisal fibers will have to wait until next year to harvest Cuban sisal fibers. After all, Marin has ordered sisal planting in the hilly Cuban areas, and the first batch of sisal fibers will be harvested by the end of next year.
When he went to the Ming Dynasty this time, Malin planned to use these 10 warships. Malin planned to notify the 10 warships to set off as soon as possible. However, he did not set off with him.
Why? Because these warships need to bypass Tierra Tierra, the southernmost part of South America, first reach the west coast of South America. Then, head north and reach the Panama Sea.
Marin did not want to follow the fleet around the entire South America. He planned to let the fleet set out first. He took a boat to Panama at the end of the year. Then, he crossed the Isthmus of Panama from land, met with the fleet, and then went to the Ming Dynasty together.
At that time, it was probably early spring. When he walked into the Caribbean, it was winter, and there would be no hurricanes on the Caribbean. There would be no typhoons in the Western Pacific in spring... As long as there were no hurricanes or typhoons, he would not have to worry about something happening...
After all, the life of the time traveler is only once, and it is best not to have any surprises... Caesar is still young after all. If he had an accident, God knows whether the North Sea Congress collapsed like the Alexander Empire...
Chapter completed!