Talk:Mazaua, Magellan's lost port

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[edit] Untangling a convoluted conundrum

The Mazaua landfall controversy is an exquisitely tangled skein. Untangling it requires detailed explanation that requires a painstaking narration of how the confusion started that dates back all the way to 1526 with the first faulty translation of Antonio Pigafetta's account from Italian to French.

The belief Mazaua is today's Limasaua is deep-seated, prying it lose can only be done through a clear chronology of how Pigafetta's account got corrupted and bringing the explanation all the way to the present when a hidden isle was discovered by following the "secret"' clues contained in the unknown Ginés de Mafra account.

The discovery of this hidden isle opens up a new chapter in the unravelling of the Mazaua puzzle. From historiography, the solution has shifted to a new discipline, archaeology. Proving this isle which is found at 9° N, inside terra firma, is Magellan's port, Mazaua, can only come about if artefacts are found that can be directly traced to 16th century visits by Europeans among them Magellan, then the second visit by Ginés de Mafra and some 90+ companions, and a number of other brief visits.--Vicente Calibo de Jesus (talk) 14:54, 27 May 2008 (UTC)