To return to Nicosia from Paphos, just follow the A6 highway. The entire journey is about 160 kilometers and it takes more than an hour to arrive.
The Mercedes-Benz S600 bulletproof sedan was running on the highway at a speed of nearly 100 miles per hour. Thanks to the car's 5.3-ton weight, the car ran extremely smoothly on the highway.
Yang Jing sat in the spacious back seat, Gege snuggled in Yang Jing's arms, and the two of them looked at the post together.
"Henry Boardman, nicknamed 'Sea Snake', was a Welsh pirate active in the Caribbean Sea in the early 18th century. It is said that he once worked on the same British slave ship with 'Black Baron' Bartholomew Roberts. Later, the two were captured by the great pirate Davis and joined Davis' pirate team together.
Henry Boardman was a cold-blooded man, but he was also very proficient in naval warfare. If he had not injured his right leg in a battle, causing difficulty walking with his right leg, perhaps Davis would not have promoted Bartholomew Roberts to be his right-hand man, but Henry Boardman, who was as poisonous as a sea snake.
Later, Davis was killed by the Portuguese, and Bartholomew Roberts took over Davis' pirate team. Henry Boardman immediately became Bartholomew Roberts' right-hand man and top military advisor. It is said that Bartholomew's surprise attack on Trebasi Port was planned by Henry Boardman.
But after Bartholomew conquered the port of Trebasi, Henry Boardman suddenly disappeared. Some said he died in the battle, some said he was quietly killed by Bartholomew, and some said he and Bartholomew didn't get along and went to South America to start a new business. Anyway, during that nearly two years, Henry Boardman disappeared strangely.
However, three months before Bartholomew died in the battle off the coast of Guinea, Henry Boardman suddenly appeared and became Bartholomew's right-hand man again. No one knows where Henry Boardman has been for nearly two years, but it is certain that Henry Boardman did not betray Bartholomew, nor did he die in battle.
On February 10, 1722, Bartholomew's pirate fleet encountered the British fleet off the coast of Guinea, and a fierce battle broke out between the two. During the battle, Bartholomew was killed by a shrapnel that cut his throat, but the pirates did not panic because of Bartholomew's sudden death, because at the critical moment, Henry Boardman stood up and became the backbone of the pirates. Under the leadership of Henry Boardman, the pirates escaped the attack of the British Navy and successfully entered the South Atlantic.
However, man proposes, God disposes. Henry Bodman, who was leading the pirates to enter the South American waters, encountered a rare hurricane in the South Atlantic. Although it was only a Category 1 hurricane, it was not something the pirates' wooden boats could withstand. In the end, only two of the dozens of pirate ships in the huge pirate team did not sink. The rest of the ships, including Henry Bodman's flagship, the Royal Fortune, all sank forever under the cold deep sea of the South Atlantic..."
After reading the post, the two looked at each other.
Gege let out a long sigh and said, "This 'Sea Snake' Bodman is really unlucky. It may take several years for a hurricane to form in the South Atlantic. I didn't expect that he would be caught up in the one that formed."
The South Atlantic is very strange. Hurricanes rarely form. In some years, even a tropical cyclone cannot form. Compared with the North Atlantic across the equator, the South Atlantic is like a delicate and quiet little girl. It is far less violent than the North Atlantic north of the equator, which can form more than a dozen or even dozens of hurricanes a year...
Of course, the small number of hurricanes in the South Atlantic does not mean that there are no hurricanes. Mr. Boardman unfortunately encountered a South Atlantic hurricane, which resulted in his entire army being wiped out.
"I never thought that this Bodman nicknamed 'Sea Snake' is actually Bartholomew's right-hand man and fellow villager. If what is said in this post is true, then the nautical chart in your hand is worth considering." Gege continued.
"Hmm?" Yang Jing just asked a question.
"This is not difficult. If what is said in this post is true, then Mr. Bodman disappeared for nearly two years after Bartholomew raided Trebasi Port. So we can speculate that Bartholomew robbed the entire Trebasi Port and gained huge wealth, but there was no place to hide the wealth, so Bartholomew arranged for his most trusted Mr. Bodman to go to the Far North to hide the treasure. However, with the navigation technology of that era, it was not so easy to reach the Far North Sea. It was normal for Mr. Bodman to take nearly two years to go back and forth. After all, the Far North Sea is navigable except for a few dozen days in late summer, and it is not navigable at other times."
"Wife, do you mean to say that the reason why Mr. Bodman disappeared for nearly two years was because he took the treasure that Bartholomew had robbed and hid it in the Far North?"
Gege nodded and said, "Apart from this reason, I really can't think of any other reason to explain what Bodman was doing during the nearly two years he was missing."
After a pause, Gege continued, "And people in later generations know that Bartholomew's pirate ship once reached the Newfoundland waters, but I think this is a little unreliable. After all, Bartholomew's heyday was only about four years. During these four years, he was busy enough just controlling the Caribbean, West African and South American waters. So why did he go to such a remote place as Newfoundland? It's not where the North Atlantic route passes. Even if Bartholomew controls the North Atlantic, he should control the waters where the North Atlantic route passes, instead of going to a place like Newfoundland where no one lives!"
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