24 Pre-Columbian charts showing Antilia, Satanazes, Saya and Ymana 1

Pre-Columbian charts showing Antilia, Satanazes, Saya and Ymana 1

Chart Word Explanation Translation Dictionary Relevance
  All   An   “Particular Negativa” = opposite of   This is the key to unlocking the names on the various charts
1463 1470   An sollj   An sol   no sun “No sun” is marked where there is the El Yunque tropical forest (rainfall 240 in. p.a.) and to the west of the Cordillera Central where rainfall is 100 in. p.a.
  1476   Ansors   an senhors (Castilian)   no people   Castilian expression for “without people” – in the tropical rainforest.
  1489   Ansoa   an soa   no drainage This is placed over the marshland north of Mayaguez at the estuary of the Rio Grande de Anesco.
  1424   Ansuly   an suolo (Veneto = fertile land)   no fertile land   Goldoni “Ansuly” is placed where there are the forest  reserves of Maricao and Guilarte (Portuguese names).
1463 1482   Ansodi   an sodi (sodium, salt)   no salt   The salt is leached away by incessant rain.
1463 1470   Ansesselj   an sessil (meadow saxifrage)   no grass Save in the south west, Puerto Rico lacks grass – less than 5% of the land is arable.
1470   Antuub   an tuub (no tubes)   without drainage This denotes the swamp “Cienaga Tiburones” to the east of Arecibo. Another Portuguese name – Tubaro which becomes Tiburon in Castilian.
All Antilla anti ilha island the opposite of Either opposite side of Atlantic or opposite (in ambience) to Satanazes.
  1463   Antuab   An tuab (no tubes)   swamp
1480 1489   Ansaros   Macaws or Brasilian parrots This denotes the forest reserve of Boqueron, mangrove wetlands where there are mangrove canaries and brilliant red and blue Puerto Rican parrots – a centre for bird watchers today.
1424 Arailia village village Columbus describes these villages at the same position on Grand Terre when he sailed past in 1493.
Ar  y and strong winds and (strong) winds 28 & 2
  1424   Asa y   Asa do lat ala   strong (wind)   28 & 2
1476 1480   Asal   derived from Latin Acinus and dot azeo = berry or grape (Lat)   coffee beans   28 Asal is placed above modern Yauco, the coffee capital of Puerto Rico. The translation is “small berries some bitter some sweet”.
1463 1470   Aira   windy   windy Aira is placed in the NW part of the island where chove (torrential rain) and eyodue (incessant rain) are shown – as indeed there is 100in. p.a.

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