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[FONT=Arial]During his travels, Magnus had met a young Dutch woman named Hannah. She captivated him, as she was unlike any of the other women he’d ever met before. She was extremely intelligent, had a good sense of humor and challenged his thinking on many occasions. For an educated man like Magnus, this impressed him greatly. His own wife had died many years ago after giving birth to his son Erik, and he had never remarried. Magnus and Hannah would sometimes speak to one another in Latin, one of...

[FONT=Arial]Tovard never found the Island, but before he died he passed along the New World Sea Traders to his son Magnus Hanso. Magnus was just as interested in the Island as his father, and was convinced that if he could find the Island that he would be able to exploit it somehow for financial gain. But he was concerned about the fate of the original lost crew of the [I]Black Rock[/I] and how they were never found—especially since the ledger had been found among pirates. As a precaution he decided...

[FONT=Arial]The ledger was eventually acquired by a wealthy businessman named Tovard Hanso. Tovard had an adventurous spirit, and was fascinated by the story of the [I]Black Rock’s[/I] temporary disappearance. He was so enamored by the first mate’s descriptions of the fantastic Island that he purchased the entire New World Sea Traders, who had by then made repairs to the [I]Black Rock[/I] and reinstated it into their fleet. He believed that this island could very well be the spot of the legendary...

[FONT=Arial]In the ledger the first mate described how they had gotten lost and unable to find their way back. As they were quickly running short on supplies, they began searching for any sign of land they could find. Eventually they spotted the Island and sent a small boat ashore, which included the first mate. Once on the Island they began to experience strange phenomena and unexplained rapid healing. They also found many strange ruins, for which the first mate drew a rough map of their locations...

[FONT=Arial]On March 22, 1845 the [I]Black Rock[/I] set sail from Portsmouth, England on a trading mission to the Kingdom of Siam (Thailand). The ship, which was then owned by the New World Sea Traders, was lost at sea. The first mate’s ledger was discovered seven years later in 1852 among the artifacts of pirates on Île Sainte-Marie, an island off the coast of Madagascar. The [I]Black Rock[/I] was also discovered around that time, although its crew could not be found. Whether they were killed or...