According to legend, on March 1, 1882, weighing 1495 British merchant ship named the SS Jesmond ton carrying dried fruit are in a routine voyage across the Atlantic. Ship departed from Messina, Sicily, with the goal of New Orleans. This cruise should only be a routine voyage for the crew, including the captain, David Amory Robson.
At
that time, they've just passed the Straits of Gibraltar and is located
about 200 miles west of Madeira and the Azores in the south, more or
less the same distance.Wherever they cast a glance, only the ocean in sight. However, not long after, they saw something else on the water surface.Not as usual, that day looks thick mud covered the surface of the water. Not
only that, the captain Robson also saw dead fish estimated at half a
million tonnes spread over an area of 7500 square miles.Robson thought something was going on in the waters, but he could not tell.He ordered the helmsman to keep running the ship, through the millions of dead fish and the thick mud.The next morning, something strange looks. SS Jesmond, who was still sailing in the direction that has been determined, finding a mysterious island ahead of him. Captain Robson realize that this island may have just emerged from the sea. He was used to pass through this route and have never seen it before. Moreover, the map shows that this region has no land at all.The island was large, about 30 miles from north to south. On the island, a mountain that looks a smoke.At
that time, Captain Robson received the news from a monitoring station
in the Azores and the Canary who reported a minor eruption of underwater
volcanoes. Now
Robson believes that volcanic activity has caused the deaths of
millions of fish and mysterious appearance of mud above sea level. He therefore thought that the appearance of a mysterious island in front of him may also be due to the volcanic activity.Curiosity Robson began to rise. Then he led a small team to investigate the island.When
he set foot on the island, he discovered that the place was dominated
by black basalt soils and sediments is well established. On it was also seen lots of dead fish, just as the waters that they have encountered before. Surface of the island was empty, there is no plant or a sandy beach. In addition, there are many natural cracks that emit steam constantly.Not long after, a crew accidentally find an object after a careful note was an eye darts.Now they became more enthusiastic.Then they began to dig at random in the spirit to re-discover some eye darts along with small knives.Robson to return to the ship and take a more complete equipment. This time he also brought 15 volunteers. By evening, they have found other artifacts that are very unexpected.They found a statue of a woman who is filled with moss. The statue was carved on one side of the stone and the size is slightly larger than human beings in general. Further to the center of the island, they found two stone walls. Nearby, they found a sword made of yellow metal of unknown type.They also found a spear, ax eyes, rings of metal and ceramic-tile-shaped birds and other animals. Then, they also found two large clay jar which contains the remains of human bones with skulls. That is quite remarkable is the discovery of a sarcophagus with a mummy inside.Robson realized that they had found the remains of past civilizations. And this is quite remarkable because it seems new island emerged from the sea.Pancarian
he wants to pursue, but the weather started to not support so he
decided to return to the ship with all the artifacts he found. However, he intends to return. So he marked the position of the island in his notes, which is 31 ° 25 'N, 28 ° 40' W.
He was ordered to raise anchor and move on. SS Jesmond arrived in New Orleans on March 31.After arriving in New Orleans, the discovery of the island and the mysterious artefacts began to be heard by the media. Then, a local newspaper proclaimed it up and then spread throughout the country.Reporters from the New Orleans Times Picayune newspaper that interviewed Robson writes that he has shown artefacts were found and did not feel that things were false. The reporter also said that the captain Robson intends to donate all artifacts to the British museum.But then all of a mystery.On May 19, Robson is known to bring back to England without his invention.Since then, the presence of artifacts is no longer known.In 1940, the shipping company's office that houses the SS Jesmond, namely Watts, Watts and Company in England, suffered bombardment by the Germans so that the SS Jesmond travel records were destroyed with him. Thus, the researchers then tried to investigate the claims Robson could not find anything else. In addition, there were no records of donations to the museum Robson England.What happened exactly? Is the story of the discovery was only engineered Robson?Lawrence Hill who has examined the mystery is quite believe the story of Robson. He had a theory why the artifact was never seen again.According to him, the name of the yellow metal on the sword which was found by Robson is Tumbaga, which is an alloy consisting of 80% gold and 20% copper. This type of metal called Orichalcum thinks Plato as numerous in Atlantis. Hill also said that Robson had been fused to take the gold sword. There is a possibility that Robson had thought better to donate these findings. Therefore, these artifacts can not be recovered.In addition, the mysterious island seen by Captain Robson seems also seen by Captain James Newdick, captain of the ship The Westbourne. At that time, Captain Newdick was sailing from Marseilles to New York. However, he noted the position of the island at 5 º 30 'N, 24 º W, not too far from its previous location. This indicates that the floating island, or indeed there are two different islands emerging from the sea.Then, another confirmation came from the crews of other ships which more or less at the same time it sailed through the region. They also saw dead fish in the ocean. Their testimony about the dead fish were also reported in local newspapers.So, there are some aspects of the testimony Robson could be confirmed.About the emergence of an island from the sea, it was not something strange. Geological events of this kind have been observed several times in fact. For example, recently, an island suddenly emerged from the sea off the coast of Pakistan. Local fishermen reported this incident on 26 November 2010.
Below are satellite photos of earthobservatory.nasa.gov showing before and after the emergence of the island.
Below is a screenshot taken from the surface of the island by the fishermen who had come to Pakistan island.According to NASA, these islands appear to be ordinary, and then quickly disappeared because the waves swallowed.Thus, the testimony of Captain Robson about his encounter with the island that emerged from the sea is also not something that is impossible. However, is it true he had found the remains of human civilization in it? This matter can not be confirmed by other evidence besides the testimony of Robson and reporters who interviewed him.Own claims about Atlantis comes from Plato in his Timaeus and Critias.
If Atlantis really exist and not just written by Plato, the most likely location is the place where the SS Jesmond see the mysterious island. According to Plato, Atlantis is located opposite the Pillars of Hercules which is an ancient name for the Strait of Gibraltar.If the island is viewed Robson was part of the civilization of Atlantis, maybe one day he came back and answered all our doubts?
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