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CHAPTER XIII.

(332 B. C.)

THE FIRST MIGRATION ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN,

AND

THE LANDING OF THE TYRIANS

UPON

THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.

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NOW 2175 YEARS SINCE, AND CONSEQUENTLY 1824 YEARS BEFORE

THE RE-DISCOVERY BY COLUMBUS.

THE FULFILMENT OF THE SEVENTH AND LAST TYRIAN PROPHECY, BY ISAIAH.

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SECTION I.

THE MEANS AND APPLIANCES" FOR THE VOYAGE.

In the endeavour to establish the fact contemplated by the title of this chapter, it will be necessary to bring to the memory of the reader some of the material points having reference to the Voyage around the continent of Africa. [Vol. i., Book ii., ch. vi., § 2.] Other

points of proof will be given, and for convenience in numerical order.

1st. The Galleys. The larger Galleys were doublemasted, and they had not only the large square sails which were exactly suited for running before the wind, from their central and balanced position; but they had also the powerful adjunct of the Rowers, whose services were rendered with or without reference to the assistance of the sails. The extraordinary power of the Rowers is recorded by nearly every ancient Historian, and from Scripture we have the character of their strength and fearlessness, especially of the Tyrians. EZEKIEL writes in his description of Tyrus,

"And thy Rowers have brought thee into great waters."

The fitness or the capacity of the Galleys will not be questioned, when thought is given to the previous expedition around Africa, and especially at the doubling of the Cape of Good Hope, which is far more dangerous than crossing the Atlantic.

2d. The locality of the Fortunate Isles (i. e. Canaries). This is important. These are situated on the North-West coast of Africa, in the Atlantic ocean, and within thirty degrees of North latitude, and, consequently, directly under the influence of the celebrated Easterly Wind.

3d. The East-Wind, and its proof of the truth of History. The reader will remember the detailed account given of this constant current of air, in the sixth

chapter of this book. [Vol. i., Book ii., ch. vi., § 2.] We may, however, be permitted to repeat, that it blows perpetually from East to West, consequently over and from the Fortunate Isles directly towards America,-those Islands being within the degrees over which this orient gale has, and will for ever pass.

The direct opposite land to these Islands, on the American Continent, is Florida, it being, like the Isles, within the thirty degrees North latitude. Now any vessel or Galley to set sail before the wind from Teneriffe (the Isle upon which the Tyrians were), and place the rudder or helm fore and aft (i. e. not obliquely, but central), then the East-Wind would drive that vessel directly on to Florida. This fact is not more certain (as the map will prove) than the historical tradition of the Mexican Aborigines is extraordinary in reference to this fact, and to the original Theory forming the basis of this volume.

We stated in the Analogies, and it is now repeated with peculiar force and interest, that the Spanish Historian, Sahagan, who lived on friendly terms with the Aborigines for sixty years, and wrote only fifteen years after the Cortezian Conquest (1520), relates, that on the authority of Montezuma the Emperor, and his People, and the tradition from the remotest times,handed down from sire to son, and also from their historical paintings,-that their ancestors, as a colony, first touched at Florida!-that they crossed or coasted the Gulf of Mexico and Yucatan, and then finally

landed and settled somewhere in the Bay of Honduras! Now the Copan river is a branch of the Montagua, which empties itself into the Bay of Honduras!

The reader will not be more startled at the above historic facts than was the present author at their discovery; for he had already formed in his mind (sanctioned by Prophecy) the Tyrian Era of this History before his research brought to light this direct evidence from Sahagan,-whose accuracy of relation is, in this instance, on a level with Herodotus,-for both accounts are proved to be true by that powerful and incorruptible witness-Nature! The shadow of the Tyrians as a necessity changed from left to right in crossing the Equatorial line of the Indian Ocean;-and the EastWind would compel the Galleys in coming from "the East," and upon sailing due West from Teneriffe, to "touch at Florida." The statement of Sahagan is the more valuable from the fact that it was not given to establish or forward any historic Theory, but like the words of Herodotus given only as a truth,-related by those of whom he was writing. "Somewhere in the bay of Honduras" brings the final place of landing (as stated) near the locality of Copan. We had already, from analyzing the ruins and altar, placed that city in our plan as being the first built in Ancient America. It was an additional source of confirmation to our artistical judgment in regard to the arrangement of the architectural data of the Ruins, when the tradition of the Aborigines, as given by Sahagan, was, that their

ancestors finally landed "in the Bay of Honduras," and consequently on passing up the Montagua, the Tyrians would approach to the direct locality of Copan!

Taking the statement of the Spaniard, therefore, to be a fact (sustained as it is by nature) in relation to the place first landed on or "touched" by the Aborigines, viz., Florida,-another strange incident is arrived at, viz., that Columbus must have followed nearly the identical track of the Tyrians,-for the same East-Wind propelled his vessels, and himself and crew expressed their wonder and astonishment at its continuance; and it is an authenticated fact that he first landed at St. Salvador (i. e. Cat Island). Now the Fortunate Isles, St. Salvador, and the first point "touched at Florida," are all within thirty degrees North latitude, and nearly on an exact line with each other, St. Salvador and Florida Point are directly so, and only about 100 leagues from each other. The Tyrians, therefore, passed by this Island and landed on the Continent,-Columbus landed on the Island, and reached the Continent in his third voyage

4th. The collective means for the Migration. Under this head may be included the "appliances" of both Art and Nature. Their Galleys were of sufficient strength and capacity, their provisions ample,-derived from Carthage, the Sidonians, and the fruitful Isle of Teneriffe: their skill and courage as Pilots, Mariners, and Rowers unequalled, the season of the year propitious, and a constantly favourable wind

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