In the Danakil Desert of East Africa, sandstorms which occur become so large that they envelop all of North Africa, carry across the Atlantic Ocean and end up settling into South America, acting as the perfect fertilizer for the Amazon rainforest
Tag: South America
The Accomplishments of Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy was a sea captain as well as a cartographer. Cook circumnavigated the bottom portion of South America and South Africa, in addition to discovering and mapping many different islands including New Zealand, Hawaii, United States of America Fiji, Tahiti, and Easter Island as well the fertile east coast of Australia, which he named New South Wales and claimed in the name of Britain. Cook also found islands which had yet to be explored in the Pacific Ocean, discovering new lands on a scale which until that point had not been performed. The maps Cook drafted were so precise that even during the 20th century, sailors were still using them up until the advent of satellite imagery. Additionally, Cook discovered the cure and prevention for scurvy by accidentally stumbling upon the answer after feeding his crew a diet which included orange extract and sauerkraut
Mayan Human Sacrifice
There are enormous freshwater caverns all throughout the underground of Central America and South America, referred to as “cenote’s” (pronounced “see-no-tays”). The ancient Mayan’s would throw people into these cenotes sacrificially, and thought it to be a great honor to those who participated. It is estimated that the ancient Mayan’s sacrificed up to 250,000 people per year to appease the gods