Archaeology [Sticky] Archaeology by Prau123

People recognized Christopher Columbus as the man who rediscovered America for Europe and open the doors for Europeans to explore and colonize the New World.  Columbus and his crew arrived only to find out that there were people living on the island of Bahamas and therefore they met up with the original inhabitants of the land. The native Indians discovered this new continent for several thousands of years before anyone. They have been thriving on the land and creating truly incredible civilizations. Spaniards marveled at Aztec cities such as Tenochtitlan. They were also in awe with Cuzco city in Peru and the list of civilizations goes on.  The indigenous people were advance in many aspects compared to their new arrivals.

The part we don't know so much about Christopher Columbus is his crew members aboard the ship who also landed at the same time with him on the Caribbean Islands in 1492.  We also don't know much of his maps that were recorded during their long sea voyage to this new uncharted world. 

Here's some information on his crew members. Around 86 to 89 people total on 3 ships: Santa Maria, Pinta, and Nina. A lot of the members were Spaniards in particular Basque and Andalusian. There were Portuguese, Genoese and Venetians on the journey also.  

http://columbuslandfall.com/ccnav/crew.shtml

Contrary to popular myth, Columbus's crew on the first voyage were not a bunch of cutthroats. They were mostly 'hometown boys' from Andalusia, and nearly all experienced seamen. It is true that the Spanish Sovereigns offered amnesty to convicts who would sign up for the voyage, but only four men took up the offer: one who had killed a man in a fight, and three of his friends who then helped him escape from jail.
Of the four voyages of Columbus, only the crew of the first voyage is completely known. Alice Bache Gould spent decades combing various archives in Spain, eventually accounting for each of the 87 crewmen of the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria.

Between 86 to 89 men accompanied Christopher Columbus on his first voyage. There were 20 on the Niña, 26 on the Pinta, and 41 on the Santa María. After the Santa María sank, 39 men were left to establish a fort, La Navidad (the Santa María sank on Christmas eve), in the village of the Taino cacique Guancanagari.Jul 6, 2018

The total of officers and men was 87 with 39 aboard the Santa Maria, 26 on the Pinta, and 22 on the Nina. Though most of the men were Basques and Andalusians, some were from other locations in Spain and foreign companies (Portugal, Genoa, and Venice). Assembling the crew was not easy.Aug 28, 2000

Map - Bartholomew Columbus(Brother) and Alessandro Zorzi

https://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/2400/2453/2453.htm

http://www.myoldmaps.com/renaissance-maps-1490-1800/304-sketch-maps-from-c/304-columbus-zorzi.pdf

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Have you ever considered why there are no major archaeological sites in Canada, the largest country in the world?  They do have indigenous totem poles in the Pacific Northwest, tepees throughout, igloos in the arctic region and one Viking settlement named L' Anse Aux Meadows in Newfoundland.  They actually have some mound building construction in Ontario but located right on the border of the U.S. territory.  Question is why was Canada deprived of any major archaeological development compared to U.S. and Latin America.  One would expect that the largest country in the world would have several large archaeological construction sites in comparison.  The largest migration to the New World came from the Bering Strait of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands and therefore one should expect that the early settlers would be building their houses and building complexes in Alaska and Canada considering they have several quarries of dense rocks readily available.  One could argue that the long cold seasons and the fact it was covered in ice during the Ice Age would prevent anyone from doing such an engineering feat of construction.  It would stop anyone on a dime why a single indigenous culture didn't attempt to construct a few large structures except the mound building cultures of the very southern parts of Ontario which actually originated in the U.S.A. If we look around the world, we also don't see much building construction in these harsh cold regions whether it's in Antarctica, South America, Russia or Northern Europe or Greenland.  People would rather build large structures on a small isolated island such as Moai statues on Easter Island and Nan Madol in Pohnpei instead of a large mass continent such as Canada.  These are some of the unexplained period in our past ancient culture.

This may in interest you, but there are underwater megastuctures and seawall discovered in Manila Bay lately.

Recent videos.

surveying the size and distance

shippers passing by