cinabongo to Joke [email protected] • 5 months agoThe slave ship out of Africa theoryimagemessage-square4arrow-up144arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: microblogmemes
arrow-up137arrow-down1imageThe slave ship out of Africa theorycinabongo to Joke [email protected] • 5 months agomessage-square4file-textcross-posted to: microblogmemes
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink31•edit-25 months agoThey’re right. The Atlantic slave trade did not cross the Pacific and north sea. It crossed the Atlantic instead.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•5 months agoNow that’s just crazy talk. To travel that way around the Earth, what you do is jump and let the Earth rotate underneath you. Obviously, you can’t get the ship to jump out of the water, so you’re forced to go the other way around.
They’re right. The Atlantic slave trade did not cross the Pacific and north sea. It crossed the Atlantic instead.
Now that’s just crazy talk. To travel that way around the Earth, what you do is jump and let the Earth rotate underneath you. Obviously, you can’t get the ship to jump out of the water, so you’re forced to go the other way around.