Discovery of the New World

The **Discovery of the New World** is a milestone of the server that was conquered by the the Ojibwe explorer **AlexTooks**. He is the first individual to document his journey across the Atlantic Ocean and the Americas, traveling about 155,000 blocks (4655 miles / 7500 km) during the journey.

The "New World" is a term for the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas. The term is currently gaining prominence in the NewEarth Minecraft Server, shortly after AlexTooks concluded that America represented a new continent, and subsequently published his findings in a pamphlet he titled *Miziwekamig* (Ojibwe: New World). This realization expanded the horizon of classical Minecraft European players. The Americas were also referred to as **"**the fourth part of the world."

This milestone also sparked controversy in the NewEarth Minecraft server on whether or not AlexTooks is telling the truth about events that occurred on this journey. This caused a dispute between Alex and the nation of Newfoundland and the server has yet to see what the outcome of it will be.

## Backstory

It is *rumored* that plans were first developed by **The Spanish Empire**, **Leka\_Epico**, sometime around the middle of March, 2022, however, Leka claims that he never met Alex. King Leka was determined to grow his empire as big as possible on all fronts. He was ready to find more land to conquer on the world. Coincidentally, the same day that Leka came up with the thought, Alex stumbled into the Iberian peninsula after being lost in Africa for weeks and found himself in the city of **Madrid**.

Alex's side of the story starts of with the two meeting face to face and at first, all Leka saw was a poor, hungry man. He gave Alex some food and the two shared a meal together since Leka was hungry as well. They both talked and got to know each other and through Alex's social engineering techniques, Leka revealed his ideas of expanding The Spanish Empire. Alex used his silver tongue to convince the mighty king that he was an expert navigator and sailor, going so far as to even claim to previously have been in the former **Dutch Empire**. Impressed by Alex's (forged) expertise, the two talked throughout the week and eventually, the plan to sail in the Atlantic was put in motion. Alex was hired for an unknown amount of gold to be the captain of the Spanish carrack, the 'Santa Scout' and sail throughout the Atlantic to find new islands for the Spanish to colonize.

## The Voyage

### The Beginning

The plan started on March 28, 2022. Well equipped, Alex beginning the journey by leaving the port of Asturias in The Spanish Empire and sailing west into the unknown. Alex understood that the journey ahead would be brutal and tough, but that didn't stop him. The gold incentive was convincing, but what Alex cared about more was the renown he would get for completing this. He wanted nothing more than to be the founder of islands no player had ever stepped on before. Fame and glory are what kept the flame burning hot to complete this journey.

### First Stops

After two in-game days and food rations beginning to run low, Alex finally found land. Unfortunately for him, the Azores islands were already discovered previously. However, some may argue that ignorance is bliss. Not only did Alex lie about his skills in navigation and sailing, but he also did not know anything about geography. This meant that Alex believed he was the first one to discover the Azores islands. Without knowing the islands already had a name, he named the chain of islands the, "Wizard islands."

Rumor has it to this day he is still unaware that the Azores islands have already been discovered and it has been said that in conversation, one of the many things he brags about is being the (self-claimed) "Chief of the Wizard Islands."

After reaching the Azores islands, Alexander parked the 'Santa Scout' on the north-eastern side of the island furthest towards the right in the chain. He hiked up the hill to the level part of the island and decided to rest for a few in-game hours. After relaxing, he remembered his food supply actively plundering. Because of this, Alex slaughtered all the local wildlife he could fine, effectively destroying the entire ecosystem of the island.

Once Alex satisfied his hunger, an idea came to his mind. In order to leave his legacy behind in this world, he would create monuments of the land he has officially discovered. Alexander decided that these monuments would be wooden flags. Even though he didn't discover the Azores islands, the first flag was built at the peak of the same island he was currently on. There would eventually be nine flags built in total throughout Alex's journey.

A few hours had passed at this point and now the sunset was hitting the horizon. Alex decided to depart the first island in the Azores island chain and sail west to see what lied ahead. Little did he know, he would find his second and most developed island in the chain. After positioning his carrack on the east side of the small island, Alex swam to shore to discover that not only was there loot on the island, but an actual structure that appeared to look like a home.

Even this didn't convince Alex that he wasn't the first one to discover the Azores islands. He would later explain that the reasoning this structure was here was because, and i quote: "God told the Earth to create this structure as a message to accept my welcoming as the first player to explore these islands". Questionably on drugs, Alex would loot the structure and find riches from past ancient civilizations that lived on the island. This took the whole Minecraft day and by the end of looting, it was night time.

Alex rested for a little bit and got accustomed to the ancient structure. He stepped outside for fresh air, and decided to officially claim the island as another one in the Wizard Island chain. After finding a nice, flat spot, the second flag was built on the west side of the structure.

Three in-game days passed. Alexander spent this scarce time to gather supplies and restock the Santa Scout with food and water he could find. Partially stocked from the lack of resources on the island, Alex boarded the infamous carrack to sail west and discover more islands that could potentially be colonized by the Spanish Empire.

The novice Ojibwe explorer only sailed for a few minutes to find the next jumble of islands in the western side of the Azores island chain. The biggest island in this group would be later known as "Alex island" because of the monument that was built there. Once Alex reached the shore, he climed to the highest peak (about 75 blocks) and built the third wooden flag that symbolizes his journey.

However, he wasn't satisfied enough. Alex decided to, "further mark his territory by peeing my name in the snow". He hiked back down to the shore, and carved out his own name in the area. To this day, the words "Alex" is still visible from the NewEarth MC dynmap.

Wasting no time, Alex sailed away from the island and quickly reached the fourth and final island he would disembark on in the Azores island chain. Alex described the island as not being an island but instead, "just a big rock" claiming that it was unlikely to be colonizable. He was able to park the ship, swim to shore, hike up to the peak of the small island, and build the fourth flag in half an in-game day. Once getting back on the Saint Scout, he continued sailing west. Little did he know how long the treacherous journey would be and the new things he would find.

### Isolation

Alex set sail looking for new land after resting and exploring throughout the Azores islands, believing he founded the Wizard islands.

Alex currently claims that on his journey sailing in the Atlantic he found a new breed of animals named "unicorns", uncovered the great lost city of Atlantis, brought mermaids on board his ship and slept with them, and shot arrows at the infamous whale, Moby Dick.

### Discovery

***NOTE: The events that have been documented from this point on is considered controversial and is unknown for sure if they are entirely accurate.***

After a week of in-game time, Alex was getting very impatient. Little did he know he was about to discover a new world.

At long last, Alex had found land. He thought it was the biggest island he had discovered yet with land stretching from horizon to horizon, however, after one long look from the ship's eagles nest, he was almost unable to process what he had seen. It *wasn't* a new island. It was *a whole new continent*. Extremely excited, Alex parked the Santa Scout right next to the beach. Upon arriving on the beach of the new world, he built a fifth flag on the coast. This is also when Alex began carving into the pole of his flags. However, it is unknown what he carved into this pole as the handwriting is illegible.

Alex double checked to make sure the Santa Scout was anchored so it would not drift away, then after preparing, he began traveling inland to explore the immediate area. A few kilometers inland off the coast, Alex found something that would forever change NewEarth MC history. He discovered a village...and people were living in it.

This was the first contact the Europeans made with the indigenous people of North America. According to Alex, astonishingly both him and the Native Americans had very similar dialect, making them able to communicate with one another. After making contact, Alex claims to have told the natives everything Europe knew about the world so far. It wasn't long at all before AlexTooks supposedly befriended them.

After days of resting in the village and talking with the natives, Alex began to really enjoy the company of the foreign native players. He hadn't talk to anyone else for weeks from starting this journey. He learned that the land he was on was called **Newfoundland** and their leader who at the time he believed there to be only one, king's name is LucasiaOfficial. Later though, he learned that the empire of Newfoundland is ruled co-dependently by Lucasia and a player named LPZE.

As Alex described (which the two kings of Newfoundland later denied), the natives of Newfoundland were able to convince him to betray the Empire of Spain by not revealing that there was a brand new continent discovered. A few days later when Spain found out, Alex tarnished his reputation not only with them, but with most of Europe as well because of withholding this information. There would later be a gold bounty on AlexTooks' head placed by co-king Leka himself.

Alex claims to have learned about the Native American customs during his time in Newfoundland. He claims to have went through rituals, summonings, and countless prayers and on March 28, 2022, Alex converted to become one of the indigenous people of North America. Because of his "cleansing of European blood" in him and his official abandonment of the Empire of Spain, he claims to have been given a red wool cape dyed with the blood of sheep and a traditional War Bonnet headdress. Alex said that him and the co-king Lucasia agreed that his influence would be best used more inland the continent. Alex said that their plan was to spread the Newfoundland's culture across northern America and the goal was to build an indigenous tribe in a resource-filled area. Alex understood his quest, and this marked the second half of his journey. This time, he is exploring the lands of the continent, and he started by sailing west. The indigenous people apparently told Alex of a mighty river northwest of their land. This river is known this day as the "St. Alex River."

Later after learning about these claims Alex made, the leaders of Newfoundland have come forth and said that none of these events ever occurred. Lucasia publicly said that they have never spoken to Alex before, and that Alex is lying about everything.

### Inland

Near the entrance of the St. Alex river, Alex built the sixth flag on the bank located on right side. Carved into the pole are the words: "BIG BOOTY BITCHEZ!!!!"

According to Alex, he said while sailing on this specific river, he has two near death experiences. The first one supposedly happened about 500 blocks sailing the river inland. The wide river in this area split into two with a miniature island separating them. According to the story, Alex was attempting to steer towards the left path from the split when extreme wind speeds began to blow towards the east. It was as if Zeus himself was pushing the Santa Scout onto the rapid-filled right path.

Alex claims that the ship nearly toppled over just from the wind alone. Not being able to control the ship, it drifted onto the right path and the hull began tearing on the sharp rocks in the river. After about ten minutes of this, the river's rapids finally calmed down. Alex went to check the ship's hull from the inside and to his surprise, there was only minimal damage. Nothing duct tape couldn't fix. It was like his newly found faith acquired from the Newfoundland was working in his favor. Alex raised up the sails on the Santa Scout and continued to glide down the river, going more inland.

After a day in-game, Alex stumbled upon ruins built on the St. Alex River, argued to this day that they were built by an ancient civilization that lived before us millions of years ago. Alex didn't think too much of it though. He explored the area a bit, set up camp for the night to rest, and built the seventh flag on the bank of the river. He carved only one word into the pole of this flag: "alone.". Once fully rested, the journey continued by sailing on the river and heading west further inland.

At this point, Alex was deep inland. The river was getting narrower and more deadly with rapids. In his diary, Alex decribed the rapids to be, 'long and technically challenging. These rapids here have every feature that will make your belly groan: Towering waves, pummeling holes, massive black boulders strewn everywhere…all embraced by brooding cliffs and echoing thunder." He also mentioned about how there was many player skeletons that were visible from the bottom of the rapids.

After powering through the rapids, Alex finally found a body of water again. The calm water was a comforting relief compared to the rapids that were behind him. The explorer decided to give this great body of water a name to stand the test of time. Alex named the lake "Lake Ontario." He happily settled on the name Ontario because his recent Newfoundland friends taught him the word 'kanadario', which translates into 'sparkling water'.

The next in-game day, Alex landed in the town of Miami apart of the American Empire. Unable to fish or forage food, the Ojibwe explorer was starving has he docked the ship. When he disembarked, Alex described the town as 'eerie' and 'quiet'. It has been confirmed that during Alex's arrival in Miami, all the citizens of the town had either gone to war or were sleeping. Desperate for food, and unable to find any, Alex attempted to steal from the people of Miami for survival. Unfortunately, all the supply storages were locked. However, Alex did noticed that the town had a lot of animals, but they were all locked in pens. The only animal that wasn't locked away for the night was a local dog. Sadly, Alex killed the dog to eat that night. If that wasn't bad enough, he also stole clothes and other items from what he claimed to be an abandoned house.

Eventually, Alex made his way to the eastern part of Lake Ontario, only to discover two ancient, identical towers standing next to each other. Amazed by the architecture, Alex built the eight flag on the shoreline in front of the tower's entrance. However, the picture of Alex posing with the eight flag was lost. Because of this, the carving on the eight flag is unknown. Alex has no idea how he lost the picture to this day.

### The End

Alex continued to travel north-west for about 4000 blocks without writing in his diary. Once he crossed another enormous lake, that was the end of this journey for him. Alex finally decided to settle on a small bank on the north-western part of the Great Lakes. With the sunset on the horizon, Alex built the ninth and final flag, and carved the words: "the end of an era. LOL". Even though the land hasn't officially been claimed yet, Alex named the new location for his town, "Thunder Bay". With that, it marks the end of AlexTooks in-game week long journey into the New World.

## Aftermath

There is a lot of controversy with the claims of Alex's journey being not entirely accurate, especially with the supposed contact of natives in Newfoundland. A lot of people are against Alex because of the possibility of his stories being false. On April 2, 2022, Lucasia, one of the two kings of Newfoundland, spoke publicly about Alex's journey and the events he documented. This is what co-king Lucasia said:

"*Everyone look at this. I am ashamed. Alex has lied about us. He has claimed that I am the complete ruler of Newfoundland. Me and LPZE are the co-kings of Newfoundland. None of us have greater power over each other. Plus LPZE is the person who owns Newfoundland. We declare AlexTooks an outlaw and banish him from the Island of Newfoundland. If you see him kill him on sight and you will be rewarded. We hereby declare full coldwar on him and his associates who dare help him. Btw Newfoundland wouldn't be possible without LPZE so thank you for keeping the nation together.*"

On April 3, 2022, the leaders of Newfoundland set up a civil discussion to talk about why Alex "lied" about everything. The Ojibwe explorer has yet to comment on these accusations. That evening, Lucasia made another statement about these claims:

"*King Lucas de Saint-Antoine has since outlawed him and banished him and we hope his reign of lies is destroyed and he will receive proper consequences for being a stupid roleplayer*"