Chapter 732: Aben is back
Marin felt infinite emotions, and he did not expect that there would be a huge worry about how food was consumed. If his troubles were known to other European nobles, they might be beaten by groups.
It was precisely because of the fear of group fights and the need for big sailing that Marin planned England. However, to be honest, this place in England is too humid, with more rainy and foggy weather. Therefore, when the British met and greeted each other, they asked how the weather was alive.
Without knowing the importance of England for the big voyage, Marin was not happy to conquer this wet and foggy island country. In addition, after England's murder, it can be regarded as an important retreat for the Huffman family. If one day they were beaten by groups across Europe on land, they would have to flee to England by boat to try to make a comeback and kill back to Germany. As long as England builds a strong and regular fleet, coupled with an unlimited supply of Chile's saltpeter, even if the whole of Europe is united, it will not be afraid. The two world wars have fully proved that as long as the navy is strong, England can tear away with its opponents without worrying about the fall of the homeland ... France and Germany have fallen, and only England has survived both world wars ...
In addition, once the steam engine era comes, the Ruhr area of England and Germany, which has rich coal resources, will become the most potential place.
Because of the coal, the British steam warships spread all over the world. Because of the coal, Germany dared to single out the whole world ... while poor France lacked coal and no oil. Later, he was forced to engage in nuclear power plants ...
The two great powers that emerged in later generations, Lao Mei and Hua Xia, had extremely rich coal resources. If there is not so much coal, develop a gross industry? Just like Brazil in later generations, it is also a big country, but there is no iron but no coal. Therefore, I can only sell iron ore, and the industry has not been able to go up, and can only be at the same level as A Sanzhi ... As for A San, there are coal and iron, but there are always messes in my mind, no Will do things well, otherwise, it will not be worse than Huaxia ...
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Just when Marin was sitting alone in the office of the palace, he was too empty, emptying his brain, and adding YY, he suddenly reported:
"Duke, Captain Aben is back!"
"Who?" Marin did not respond for a moment.
"Captain Aben, there is no hair on his head ..." The guard warned carefully, with a smile on his face.
"Oh, bald ah!" Marin remembered. It seemed that he was a Dutch young man who looked like Luo Xiaohan from Peter Pan. Like Luo Luo, he had a premature aging look ... Although the two didn't look so good It ’s the same, but they are all bald ...
Marin thought for a while, and it looks like ... I sent Aben to explore the Panama Pacific route early this year, and after some time, it should be back ...
After all, this exploration is very simple, as long as you start from Grenada and sail along the coastline of South America. Unlike Columbus, who had sought India before, he needed to cross the Indian Ocean. In an era without satellite navigation, crossing the ocean is very dangerous, especially the unknown ocean.
Fortunately, Marin now has a sextant and a nautical clock. By calculating the latitude and longitude, as long as you go through the route once and next time, you can continue to walk according to the original coordinates, and you will not get lost. However, for the first time across the ocean, it must be very dangerous. Because, there is no coordinate for him to refer to ...
But this time Aben was looking for the Pacific coast of Panama, but he was sailing along the coastline of the South American continent. There is a coast reference, which is much safer than crossing the ocean. Although it is the first time to go, it is much easier to have a coastline as a comparison. What's more, Marin also drew the outline of the South American continent. All that Aben had to do was to follow the coast of the South American continent and sail against the outline.
Sure enough, Aben's exploration of routes this time was indeed relatively smooth. With the coastline as a reference, plus the contour map of the South American continent, all Aben has to do is record the latitude and longitude coordinates along the way. With these coordinates, the next time Aben passed, or changed another captain, as long as the navigation is strictly in accordance with the coordinates, it will be easy to find the destination ...
Aben was originally a fisherman with no culture. He commanded a small fishing boat to go fishing. It stands to reason that there is no opportunity for such illiterate fishermen young people. When Marlin was the lord on Texel Island, there was a serious shortage of talent, especially nautical talent. It happened that Aben impressed Marin more deeply (who made him and Luo Luo's characteristics more similar), so he rushed the duck to the shelf, took Aben also under his command, and accepted the old sailors hired from Portugal Training.
Moreover, although Aben looked plausible and had no cultural foundation, his mathematical talent was particularly good. Although I only learned a few years, I learned simple angle calculation. Navigation requires the calculation of the angle of the sun to obtain the latitude. And the longitude is calculated from the navigation clock and the altitude of the sun. Abben's talent for mathematics was so good that he quickly mastered this knowledge, so he stood out from the group of young fishermen and became a captain. Fortunately, he learned a lot of knowledge as a captain with Columbus. Last time Marin wanted Columbus to find the location of Panama City on the Pacific coast of Panama. Columbus didn't want to go, so he recommended Aben by the way and gave Aben a great opportunity. And Aben lived up to expectations, successfully found the Pacific coast of Panama, and returned to his country to return to Marin.
After Aben was approved to enter Marin's office, he respectfully presented the coordinates and hydrological data recorded during the voyage to Marin for reading.
It can be seen that although Aben has no culture, he can't write any beautiful sentences in the logbook, but he is still very careful about the records of the chart and coordinates. Marin only gave an outline, and Aben not only copied the outline, but also marked the coordinates of the coastal waterway in detail. Some inaccurate outlines have also been modified. It can be said that as long as a few copies of this nautical coordinate chart are copied, the next captain who knows the calculation of latitude and longitude will easily reach the coast of Panama Pacific.
Moreover, Marin had previously asked him to find an island off the coast of intelligence. As a transit point midway through the sea, Aben also successfully found it, that is, a small island off the sea near the later Chilean city of Concepcion-Santa Maria Island, and marked with specific coordinates ...
"Tell me, why did you choose this island, as if there are some coastal islands in the north?" Marin asked after thinking for a while.
"Yes, Grand Duke, if you go north, there are still several offshore islands. However, after I inspected those islands, I found that the coastal islands to the north of the island seemed to have very dry climates. On those small islands, we could not Finding fresh water supplies and docking there is pointless. Only this small island, although not large, has rivers on the island to provide fresh water, which can be used as an important transit point ... "
Marin nodded ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ He remembered it too--the northern part of Chile is indeed very dry. It seems that it was affected by the cold current in Peru. Although a huge fishing ground has been formed, it has caused a huge drought effect to the north coast of Chile and the southwest coast of Peru.
On the south-central coast of Chile, although the climate is relatively humid, there are rivers that provide fresh water. However, there is currently the sphere of influence of the Inca Empire. Based on the principle of not being stable and trying to avoid conflicts with indigenous peoples, Aben chose the island of Santa Maria alone. You know, Chile can be regarded as the sphere of influence of the Inca Empire in this era, and forced landing is not impossible, but it will definitely attract the attack of the Inca Empire. Therefore, it is very important to get a support point on the offshore continent now ...
Through the coastal area of Peru north of Chile, the coastal area there is even more arid. For example, the island of San Lorenzo off the coast of Lima, the later Peruvian capital, opposite Callao is an arid island without fresh water. It seems that this is due to the cold current in Peru. The seas that the cold current passes through seem to be mostly arid ...
Further north, it is the coast of Ecuador and Colombia. The island here is not so dry. However, it is not far from Panama Bay, Marin's intended destination ...
Sure enough, Aben pointed to the map, to several islands in Panama Bay, and explained to Marin ...
