04-30-2025, 12:12 AM
There are a few things about this statue which inherently don't seem to get that much attention.
it was reported by three independent observers, King Manuel the 1st sent a well-known draughtsman who had already done a lot of work for him Dominio de arars, he sent him to sketch the statue before its removal so the king could see it and decide whether it was a feasible exercise. They had already made a wax impression of the writing at the base. But found that they could not get a translation. It depicted a horseman sitting on a horse with his right arm pointing toward America he was wearing what they described as a Morish tunic. a direct line with the latitude means he would be pointing to the New jersey shore.
On Corvo which was originally called Marko or marker a cashe of eight Carthaginian coins have been found along with two Greek ones in bronze dating to 300 bc.
The sailors tasked with removing the statue stuffed up and only got the horses head and the rider's arm back intact as the place it was stationed at was precarious. on the top of a mountain.
I thought that since this was a documented fact in the histories of Portugal the probability that it actually existed is very high, the necessary conclusions being drawn, like why would anyone go to so much trouble to put it there, the skill involved in its placement etc.
it was reported by three independent observers, King Manuel the 1st sent a well-known draughtsman who had already done a lot of work for him Dominio de arars, he sent him to sketch the statue before its removal so the king could see it and decide whether it was a feasible exercise. They had already made a wax impression of the writing at the base. But found that they could not get a translation. It depicted a horseman sitting on a horse with his right arm pointing toward America he was wearing what they described as a Morish tunic. a direct line with the latitude means he would be pointing to the New jersey shore.
On Corvo which was originally called Marko or marker a cashe of eight Carthaginian coins have been found along with two Greek ones in bronze dating to 300 bc.
The sailors tasked with removing the statue stuffed up and only got the horses head and the rider's arm back intact as the place it was stationed at was precarious. on the top of a mountain.
I thought that since this was a documented fact in the histories of Portugal the probability that it actually existed is very high, the necessary conclusions being drawn, like why would anyone go to so much trouble to put it there, the skill involved in its placement etc.
