bigscoop
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- Jun 4, 2010
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What led me to the Columbus letter was that I tried to think that there "might be" another key used in the cipher. A key that has "traveling" involved, and a key that is also very important in America(Discovery of America). I haven't read the letter of Columbus during that time, and my knowledge is very limited. I only know that Columbus is traveling and found America, NOTHING ELSE.
Here in PH schools/universities, we are not instructed to read that letter, we were just told that Columbus discovered America, I don't even know that it was only by accident as they originally wanted to find a route to China by going west, it turns out at the end that the letter is very interesting. After reading, I learned that he found Islands, encountered Indians etc., things that I don't know at first.
I don't even know that a directions is involved in the letter (North, East, West and South) or the word "Gold" was involved.
I may just be lucky that i tried to CTRL + F and type "GOLD" that lead me to this method of deciphering.
As for the connections, I don't know a single thing about Bedford and Peaks of Otter during that time. It was months of research and sleepless nights wondering why, where and who, researching every synonym and figuring out what each word means in the sentence.
Note: I searched for the synonyms after having my first draft of Page 1. I sent the file to sir Franklin, that was different from the one I posted here. It was because I don't know about history of Bedford during that time, I just picked the words to form sentences (problem:arbitrary). It was a cipher that I think does not have a pattern "perhaps" to trick even the best cryptographers.
Additional Note: I read the letter after having a draft of page 1, because I found things that should not make sense yet makes sense. As if my mind is telling me that I am very imaginative and that I might just be sleepy and hallucinating.
If they were still alive for interrogation, they could simply deny it because it simply does not have pattern(arbitrary). No provenance, just alias, hidden meaning. NOBODY would believe to "Proclaim to the Fleet that the Illustrious King and Queen our Sovereign gave me". The solution being arbitrary is very perfect for them, not for us.
The letter is just that, just what it was back then, nearly every early explorer like Columbus kept such detailed records and also held dreams of riches, gold, silver, and many other rich resources. You could pick any one of them and make all of the same alleged connections, just as you have done here. This should be abundantly obvious to you as a matter of undeniable fact when one simply researches all of the past similar type of connections that have been made over the years using a wide variety of alternate documents, characters, methods, etc.,, etc. What you've done here with the Columbus letter is pretty much the standard with this tale of treasure, and not a unique exception. What you need to be asking yourself is simply this, "How is are all of these various concoctions possible?"
INDEED! 
And this only includes those remedies and solutions that are made public in forums like this one, as there exist many that are never made public.
