WAS INTERCONTINENTAL TRADE
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There is growing evidence that before Columbus or the Vikings made their maiden voyages to the New World, people were regularly crossing the Atlantic to trade goods. Scientists have discovered traces of nicotine and cocaine in the mummy of Ramses II. Neither drug became popular until after Columbus returned to the Old World. Moreover, remains of tobacco beetles, which could not have flown from the Gulf of Mexico to the Mediterranean, were discovered in Egyptian graves. The discovery of the same cultivated plants on both sides of the Atlantic is further indication that Stone Age Man made these transatlantic business trips. How did they do it? Cave drawings from the Magdalene Old Stone Age cultures in France and Spain point to the advanced nautical knowledge of these pre-Ice Age seafarers. The most remarkable example of this originates from
the “Cueva del Castillo” in northern Spain, dating back
to 12,000 BCE. It refers to the Canary Islands Gulf Stream System,
a downwind course – much easier than sailing in the windy Mediterranean.
Even the types of stylized boats used to cross the Atlantic from
East to West with the North Equatorial Current, as well as from West
to East on the Gulf Stream, are clearly depicted. The dotted circles
on the left most likely refer to the Caribbean Current, from which
the Gulf Stream rises. |
COLUMBUS
DISCOVERED AMERICA IN 1492 – AN ASTOUNDING ACHIEVEMENT IN
HIS TIME. BUT THERE IS EVIDENCE WHICH INDICATES STONE AGE PEOPLE
BEAT HIM TO IT BY OVER 14,000 YEARS. |
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Scientists have
found chaffed tobacco leaves inside Ramses II which were used to
preserve the mummy. |
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Large
ships with filled-out sails travel westwards and eastwards on the
map of El Castillo. Sailing ships still travel across the Atlantic
this way. Source illustration: Migration & Diffusion |
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