They find a 14th century document that talks about America 150 years after the arrival of Christopher Columbus

Italian sailors knew of America’s existence 150 years before Christopher Columbus arrived on the continent, according to the writings of a 14th-century Milanese brother found by historians at the University of Milan.

Italian scholars found the passage by studying the “Chronicle Universalis“, written by the Dominican brother Galvaneus Flamma around 1340, As reported The daily mail.

The sailors referred to a land west of Greenland on which the Dominican friar wrote: “On this earth there are buildings with stone slabs so huge that no one could build with them except huge giants.”

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“There are also green trees, animals and a lot of birds. However, no sailor could know anything for sure about this land or its features», Specifies the text, which provides proof that the American continent was known in the Mediterranean region before the rediscovery made by Columbus in 1492.

Paulo Chiesa, director of the investigation interpreted by University of Milan, explained: “This astonishing find is the first known report circulating in the Mediterranean of the American continent, and if Columbus was aware of what these sailors knew, it could have helped him to convince him to make his voyage.”

The professor of medieval Latin literature added in an interview with the British newspaper The temperature: “Norse legends describe the voyages, but so far there has been no evidence that news from this land has spread to the Mediterranean.”

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In his essay, published in the magazine EarthquakeChiesa writes: “The Genoese could have brought to their city news scattered about these lands, some real and others fantastic, which they heard in the northern ports of the Scottish, British, Danish and Norwegian sailors with whom they had. trade.

This observation comes just days before the 529 mark since Columbus arrived on American soil. The Genoese Navigator set sail on August 3, 1492 from the port of Palos hoping to find a route to the India, with 1000 men on board the boats La Niña, La Pinta and La Santa María.

On October 12, 1492, the ships made landfall in what is now the Bahamas, and later that month Columbus saw Cuba and thought it was mainland China. Two months later, when they landed, Columbus thought it could be Japan. On the second voyage, in 1492, Columbus intentionally returned to the New World and reached Puerto Rico.

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