Who were the mysterious Lequios described by Portuguese explorer Fernão Mendes Pinto? Were they peaceful tributaries from Okinawa’s Ryukyu Islands… or a sovereign, seafaring power in Luzon?

In Peregrinação (~1558), Pinto describes ships that were:
⚓ Vast, ocean-faring, multi-decked
⚓ Built with double-thick planks fastened by iron bolts
⚓ Armed with warrior crews, stronger than Chinese junks
⚓ Both traders and fighters — not just ceremonial emissaries

Ryukyu’s small tribute junks simply don’t fit. But pre-Hispanic Philippine ships — the Karakoa and Balangay — match perfectly. Archaeology, chroniclers, and cultural history confirm it.

This is another smoking quill of evidence that the Lequios were Filipinos, not Ryukyuans.

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Fernao Mendes Pinto described a shipwreck in the Land of Gold — Lequios, which Barbosa and Magellan equated with Ophir. For centuries, the debate has raged: Was it the Philippines or Ryukyu?

This is valid academic history from primary sources. And when we test the evidence — geography, archaeology, culture, and resources — the case for Ryukyu collapses while the Philippines stands undeniable.

Geography: Luzon (109,000 km²) dwarfs Okinawa (1,200 km²). Pinto knew the difference.

Culture: Pre-colonial Ivatan stone homes with basements and pagoda-like structures align with Pinto’s record. Ryukyu? No basements.

Archaeology: Excavations in Batanes reveal jade workshops, nephrite tools, and Maritime Jade Route trade networks connecting Luzon, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Ryukyu is missing entirely.

Resources: Gold, ivory, silver — all in the Philippines. Ryukyu had none.

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This is not fringe speculation — it’s primary academic history. The real Lequios is the Philippines, not Ryukyu. Watch and see the evidence for yourself.

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They told you horses came to the Philippines with the Spanish... but the evidence proves otherwise.

Long before the conquistadors arrived, Malay Muslims, Chinese traders, and Japanese merchants brought horses into the archipelago. So why has history erased them?

In this video, we uncover the forgotten truth of ancient Philippine horses, using the 1916 research of David B. Mackie, a U.S. agricultural officer who documented the origins of Philippine horse breeds — long before American or Spanish influence.

He traced them back to Sumatra, Mindanao, China, and Japan — not Spain.
And the evidence is undeniable.

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✅ What you’ll learn in this video:

Who really brought horses to the Philippines

Why kuda and kura prove pre-Spanish horse culture

How the Sulu Sultanate traded horses centuries before the Spanish

The real sources of Luzon horse breeds (China, Japan — not Spain)

Why colonial historians buried this truth

📌 Based on:
“Philippine Horses: First Brought to the Islands from Malaysia—Later by the Spaniards from China and Japan”
by David B. Mackie, Bureau of Agriculture (1916)

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Was the legendary “Land of Gold” truly the Ryukyu Islands—or has history been rewritten? In this deep-dive investigation, we compare Antonio de Morga Pinto’s descriptions of “Lequios” with the real geography, resources, and trade records of the Philippines and Ryukyu. From gold and craftsmanship to ancient trade routes, wheat, wine, and ebonywood, the Philippines—particularly Northern Luzon—matches 100% of the historical profile, while Ryukyu barely reaches 15%. Discover how mistranslations, academic bias, and propaganda have distorted centuries of history—and why the Philippines may truly be the ancient Isles of Gold known as Ophir, Tarshish, and Chryse.

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Was Fernão Mendes Pinto telling the truth all along? Historians have long dismissed him as a liar, but newly reexamined evidence from Castanheda’s 1883 texts, Pinto’s own journal, and historical coordinates suggest otherwise.

For centuries, the mysterious land of the Lequios was assumed to be the Ryukyu Islands — but what if that was never correct? What if the real Lequios was much farther south... in the Philippines?

In this first episode, we break down the geography, original sources, Pinto’s shipwreck letter, and the surprising manipulation of his legacy — and begin unraveling one of the most misunderstood accounts in exploration history.

🧭 In this episode:
Pinto’s letter and the 250-league mystery

Castanheda’s coordinates and descriptions

Why the Ryukyu theory doesn’t add up

The overlooked case for Northern Philippines (Batanes, Luzon)

How colonial bias and Jesuit edits reshaped Pinto’s story

And why it’s time to test facts, not mock fiction

📚 Sources Referenced:
Historia do descobrimento e conquista da India pelos Portugueses by Fernão Lopes de Castanheda (1883)

The Travels of Mendes Pinto – translated by Rebecca D. Catz (1989)

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In 1610, Spanish pilot Juan Bernardo de Fuentidueñas survived a wreck near Macao — but what he discovered next would shake centuries of historical assumptions.

On a remote reef, he encountered three indigenous survivors. His chronicle described them not as Japanese, Ryukyuan, or Chinese... but as Lequian Indians.

For over 400 years, historians have believed Lequios = Ryukyu. But what if we’ve been wrong?

Drawing from firsthand accounts preserved in The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898 (Blair & Robertson, Vol. XVI), this documentary uncovers stunning new evidence that Lequios was not in Japan — but right here in Northern Luzon, Philippines.

🌊 Who were the Lequians?
📜 What did Spanish navigators really mean by Lequios?
🧭 And why has this account been ignored for so long?

This is The Smoking Quill’s deep dive into the forgotten corners of colonial history.

📚 Sources
Blair, Emma Helen, and James Alexander Robertson, eds. The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898, Vol. XVI. Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark, 1903–1909. Available via Project Gutenberg.

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Welcome back, researchers! In this compelling episode, we dismantle the Ryukyu Theory once and for all with irrefutable evidence from Juan González de Mendoza's historic accounts. We trace the clear and consistent geographic data from early explorers—Barbosa, Pinto, Pigafetta, and more—all pointing to Luzon as the true location of Lequios. No more confusion. No more Jesuit-influenced distortions. This is history locked in by maps, primary sources, and even official Spanish archives. Mendoza's geography doesn't lie: Lequios = Luzon. The Ryukyu narrative? Pure propaganda. 

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Long before the Philippines was known by its modern name, it was home to a powerful and wealthy civilization—the Lequios. Described by Portuguese explorers like Antonio Galvão and marked on 16th-century maps like the Dourado Map, the Lequios were skilled shipbuilders, traders in gold, and a dominant presence in Southeast Asia.

So why were they erased from mainstream history?

In this video, we dive into forgotten archives and ancient maps to explore how the Lequios were not Japanese as some believe—but pre-colonial Filipinos. Evidence places them in Luzon, trading up and down the coasts, with links to major volcanic events like the eruption of Mount Pinatubo.

From the capital of a majestic city to gold-rich trade routes in Pangasinan and La Union—this is a legacy worth reclaiming.

✨ Discover the truth that colonial propaganda tried to erase.
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What if the real Lequios wasn’t Ryukyu… but Luzon all along?
In this eye-opening deep dive, we expose the long-buried truth behind Duarte Barbosa’s “175 leagues to the east”—a footnote that leads straight to the Philippines. Journey through maps, records, and forgotten evidence as we reveal that the powerful maritime empire known as Lequios was never Okinawan… it was Luzon and Batanes.

We break down the 16th-century evidence, expose how Jesuit cartography rewrote geography, and unleash the “Jesuit Shrink Ray” that shrunk the China Sea just to fit an agenda.

This isn’t conspiracy. It’s cartographic confession.

✅ Topics Covered:

Barbosa’s 175-league clue decoded

Why Lequios = Luzon, not Ryukyu

Trade wealth, gold bars, and “very good wheat”

Adlay wheat, Elemi resin, and the incense trade

Over 10 royal maps confirming Luzon as Lequios

Mendes Pinto’s 250-league bombshell

How the Jesuits distorted the distances

The collapse of Ryukyu Theory

The truth wasn’t buried. It was footnoted.
Now… the silenced maps speak.

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https://thegodculturephilippines.com/from-175-to-30-leagues-the-jesuit-shrink-ray-strikes-again/

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📜 Watch as The God Culture walks step-by-step through Pliny’s ancient maritime itinerary—leading not to India or Japan, but directly to the gold-rich Philippine Islands!
This isn’t speculation. It’s the Smoking Quill.

In 77 A.D., Roman scholar Pliny the Elder outlined a maritime route from China to islands full of gold and silver—Chryse and Argyre—later known as Ophir and Tarshish. This route has been buried under centuries of colonial revisionism, where scholars mistranslated, misapplied, and misdirected his clear words. But not anymore.

👉 We show the actual rivers, promontories, and coastal cultures described by Pliny and prove—beyond doubt—that his Isles of Gold still exist today.
👉 Every step is cited, mapped, and decoded in full fidelity—nothing cut, nothing assumed.

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⚠️ Academia erased Chryse. We bring it back to the map.

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