Zilumba zotayika zakhala zikulota maloto a amalinyero. Kwa zaka mazana ambiri, nthano za maiko osokonekera ameneŵa ankasinthidwa momvekera bwino, ngakhale m’magulu asayansi olemekezeka.
Pa mapu akale apanyanja, tikupeza zisumbu zambiri zomwe sizinalembedwenso: Antilia, St. Brendan, Zowonjezera, Frisland, ndi enigmatic Island of Seven Cities. Aliyense ali ndi nkhani yokopa.
Nthanoyo imasimba za mabishopu asanu ndi aŵiri Achikatolika, motsogozedwa ndi Bishopu Wamkulu wa ku Oporto, amene anathawa kugonjetsa Amoor ku Spain ndi Portugal mu AD 711. Pokana kugonjera ogonjetsa awo, iwo anatsogolera gulu kumadzulo kwa zombo zapamadzi. Nkhaniyi ikuti pambuyo pa ulendo wowopsa, adafika pachilumba chowoneka bwino, chokulirapo pomwe adamanga mizinda isanu ndi iwiri, yodziwika kwamuyaya nyumba yawo yatsopano.
Kuyambira pomwe adatulukira, chilumba cha Seven Cities chabisika mwachinsinsi. Zaka mazana zotsatira anawona ambiri amaukana kukhala fanizo chabe. Komabe, m’zaka za m’ma 12, Idrisi, katswiri wodziŵa za malo Wachiarabu, anaphatikizapo chisumbu china chotchedwa Bahelia pamapu ake, chomwe chili ndi mizinda ikuluikulu isanu ndi iŵiri m’nyanja ya Atlantic.
Komabe, Bahelia nayenso sanawonekere, ndipo sanatchulidwepo mpaka zaka za m'ma 14 ndi 15. Apa ndipamene mamapu aku Italy ndi Spanish adawonetsa chilumba chatsopano cha Atlantic - Antilles. Kubwereza uku kunali ndi mizinda isanu ndi iwiri yokhala ndi mayina apadera monga Azai ndi Ari. Mu 1474, Mfumu Alfonso Wachisanu ya ku Portugal inatuma Kaputeni F. Teles kuti akafufuze ndi kulamulira “Mizinda Isanu ndi iwiri ndi zisumbu zina za ku Atlantic, kumpoto kwa Guinea!”
Kukopa kwa Mizinda Isanu ndi iwiri m'zaka izi sikungatsutsidwe. Woyendetsa ngalawa wa ku Flemish Ferdinand Dulmus anapempha mfumu ya Portugal kuti imulole kuti atenge chilumbachi mu 1486, ngati angachipeze. Mofananamo, kazembe waku Spain ku England, Pedro Ahal, adanenanso mu 1498 kuti oyendetsa ngalawa a Bristol adayambitsa maulendo angapo omwe adalephera kufunafuna Mizinda isanu ndi iwiri ndi Frisland.
Kulumikizana kododometsa kudabuka pakati pa Island of Seven Cities ndi Antillia. Akatswiri a geographer a ku Ulaya ankakhulupirira kwambiri kuti Antillia inalipo. Dziko lodziwika bwino la Martin Behaim mu 1492 linaika malowa pamalo otchuka kwambiri panyanja ya Atlantic, mpaka kunena kuti sitima ya ku Spain inafika bwinobwino kugombe lake mu 1414!
Antillia anapitiriza kuonekera pamapu m'zaka zonse za 15th. Makamaka, mu kalata ya 1480 yopita kwa Mfumu Alfonso V, Christopher Columbus mwiniyo adatchulapo ndi mawu akuti "chilumba cha Antillia, chomwe chimadziwikanso kwa inu". Mfumuyo imalimbikitsa Antillia kwa iye "ngati malo abwino omwe angayime paulendo wake ndikutera pamphepete mwa nyanja".
Ngakhale Columbus sanayendepo pa Antillia, chilumba cha phantom chinapatsa dzina lake madera omwe adangopezedwa kumene ndi iye - Antilles Aakulu ndi Aang'ono. Chilumba cha Seven Cities, chowunikira chachinsinsi kwa zaka mazana ambiri, chikupitiriza kuyatsa malingaliro athu, ndizotsalira za mphamvu zosatha za chidwi chaumunthu ndi kukopa kwa zosadziwika.
