On the eve of Christmas in 1500, Yamerico finally returned with an expedition fleet. Marin was very happy and held a grand ceremony to welcome Yamerico's return. He immediately fulfilled his promise, conferred Yamerico as hereditary jazz, and rewarded 100 Yugrams of cultivated land and manor.

The navigation data recorded by Yamerico this time is very detailed, and it is positioned almost every once in a while to accurately record the route. Of course, because Columbus had already recorded the route to the Caribbean, Yamerico only recorded the specific coordinates. After all, the navigation diary recorded by Columbus does not have an accurate statement of latitude and longitude. Yamerico was "on-demand" by Marin and was equipped with a sextant produced by Ada, which is naturally more convenient to record.

The most important thing about Americo this time is to record the cross-Atlantic route from the North American Twin Islands to East Friesland. This route is actually very convenient to go from North American Twin Islands to Europe. Because the ship can sail along the North Atlantic warm current. Moreover, during the voyage, it is basically in the westerly wind belt (30 degrees to 60 degrees north latitude). Therefore, sailing from North American Twin Islands to East Friesland would have been smooth sailing. If it weren't for the slowdown of the Armerigo and recording the coordinates in detail, they would have been back long ago.

But on the other hand, going to the Twin Islands of North America from East Friesland is extremely tragic, it is simply against the wind and the water is extremely difficult. Therefore, the "Mayflower" in history set off from Plymouth, England on September 6, 1620, and arrived at Cape Cohen on November 21, 1620, which took two and a half months.

However, when the Mayflower returned to England the following year, it set off on April 5, 1621 and returned to England on May 6, which only took one month and one day.

Therefore, the time spent sailing from North America to Europe is less than half of the time spent sailing from Europe to North America to North America. This is the major feature of the sailing era - the wind is fast and the wind is slow.

Therefore, when Columbus went to America, he did not go west directly, but first led his fleet to the south, passing through the 30-degree north latitude line, first arrived at the Canary Islands, and entered the east wind belt. Then, he continued to go south, followed the Canary cold current and reached the northern equatorial warm current, and followed the east wind and the north equatorial warm current flowing westward. When he returned, he sailed from the northern section of the wind islands and northeast, and then arrived at the north latitude 30-degree north, and then returned to Spain along the west wind.

Because Americo stayed on the North American Twin Islands for a long time and inspected the East Coast of North America for a while. In addition, he kept slowing down to measure the coordinates, so it took him two or three months to return to East Friesland from the North American Twin Islands. However, with his accurate records now, the next time he sailed, he would return to Europe from the North American Twin Islands, which would be faster.

Regarding the coordinates and route maps recorded by Armerico, Marin listed them as one of the highest secrets in East Friesland, and Armerico vowed not to disclose them, otherwise they would accept severe sanctions.

During his return journey, Americo also made a stop on Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island, landed for inspection, and drew a map.

What surprised Marin was that after landing in a good harbor on Cape Breton Island, Americo discovered a coal mine in the inland area a distance from the harbor...

Through the map painted by Americo, Marin recognized it as Cape Breton Island and guided that the harbor where Americo landed was Sydney, Canada...

Yes, Sydney, Canada. When Marin searched for encyclopedia in his previous life, he searched for Sydney, and two Sydneys emerged. So, Marin was deeply impressed by Sydney, Canada and also remembered the map of Cape Breton Island.

The coal mine found in Asiamerico is obviously a coal mine near Sydney, Canada (the mining area near North Sydney, right by the sea). Strictly speaking, this is a coal mine very close to the sea, which is very suitable for colonists to apply. Moreover, it is an open-pit coal mine, and mining is very simple. Therefore, Sydney, Canada became a steel center as early as the 19th century. Because there is so much coal in the local area...

Marin almost forgot about this. Unexpectedly, when Americo occasionally passed Cape Breton Island, he not only discovered Sydney Bay, but also found coal in the Sydney mining area of ​​North Sydney (SydneyMines, easy to find on satellite maps, 51240 Google Map), which was a surprise.

Of course, Marin did not mean that he wanted to transport North Sydney's coal back to Europe for use. If that was done, the cost would be too high. After all, the road from North America to Europe was far away and the cost was very high. This era was not the era of super cargo ships with super large diesel power in later generations. The size of sailboats was far less than that of later generations, and the larger the ship, the lower the transportation cost. Therefore, transporting coal back to Europe is not economical, and it is better to import it from the UK.

However, North American coal can be used on-site!

What to use for? Paper and shipbuilding!

Before, Marin had thought about using forest resources in North America to make paper and logs as a source of pulp. However, this required the use of sealed high-pressure vessels, with sodium sulfate or caustic soda for steaming at high heat. This required a lot of fuel.

Originally, Marin planned to directly use scraps of cut wood (such as dead branches, dead leaves, etc.) as fuel. However, the calorific value of dead branches and leaves is not high, and cooking pulp requires a high fire. Therefore, using coal is the better choice.

Nowadays, with coal, everyone is naturally happy. Moreover, with coal, Marin can use the high-temperature steam cooked from a coal stove during shipbuilding to soften the wood and process it into ship ribs.

In short, with coal, the fuel problem is no longer a problem. As for the dead branches and leaves left and bark that are cut down, they can be used as firewood for the people. Industrial production uses coal produced in Cape Breton Island.

To be honest, there is a coal mine in Cape Breton Island, which is simply a very good development base. However, it also has great flaws.

Because Cape Breton Island is relatively north and has a cold climate. Therefore, there are more coniferous forests in the cold temperate zone here and few broad-leaved forests.

The oak trees that Marin needs most are on high-latitude islands like Cape Breton Island, although there are, but they account for a very small proportion. The most common ones on the island are birch, pine and other coniferous trees. However, coniferous trees such as birch, pine and other coniferous trees are very corrosion-resistant and are not suitable for shipbuilding.

Therefore, although there is a coal mine in Cape Breton Island, it is not suitable as a shipbuilding base. However, there is no problem with the wood of the coniferous forest used to make paper.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Marin finally made up his mind to open a base on Cape Breton Island, mainly used for mining coal and paper. Of course, nearby land can also be used to sheep.

Armerigo visited the island and found that there were few Indian natives here, and the risk of occupying the island was very small...

It is no wonder that the Indian natives were backward civilizations after all, and were still in the stage of hunting and primitive agriculture. However, Cape Breton Island is not suitable for growing food because of its high latitude. Because of the cold winter, hunting is also very troublesome.

Anyway, there were many people in North America in this era, so there was no need for the Indians to trap themselves here. They could move south to the territory of the later Americans in the south. After all, the more animals they went south, the more suitable they were to grow crops.

Therefore, it is very convenient to occupy Cape Breton Island, and you are not afraid of being besieged by the Indians. Unlike in the coastal areas of later America, because of the warm climate and fertile land, there were many Indians. When the British colonized in Virginia in the 17th century, they were often besieged by Indians, resulting in starvation to death. If the Indians had not been able to break the solid castle, the British colonists would have been slaughtered many times.

After deciding to colonize Grenada, Twin Islands and Cape Breton Island in North America, Marin began to write a report, preparing to report these three colonial sites to the Spanish royal family to ensure legality.

In fact, Marin was unwilling to give Spain this face. However, Spain was approved by the Holy See after all. If you do not say hello to the Spanish royal family and occupy these three places, it will not only attract dissatisfaction from the Holy See and Spain, but also set a bad start for other European countries, which will lead to other countries following the trend.

Therefore, Marin still counted these three colonies as one of the 15 colonies according to the rules and reported them to the Spanish royal family to show their legitimacy.

Moreover, in order to continue to win over the two great navigators, Columbus and Armerico, Marin decided to replace the names of the two great navigators with the names of the two great navigators.

For example, Nantucket Island was named Américo Island by Marin, and Masa Vineyard Island was named Columbus Island.

After hearing this news, Americo was very happy and came over to thank him. After all, these great navigators, in addition to pursuing interests, also care about their reputation.

It is a supreme and glorious thing to name an island after its own name. You must know that human lifespan is limited, but the name of the island can last forever. Marin's move was simply to make the two famous. That is, Columbus is still in India, and if he knew that there was an island named after his own name, he would be very happy.
Chapter completed!