Liga Rooibos
This page is about Captain Hendrick Rooibos, part of Liga history.
Rooisbos was one of the unknow Dutch adventurer captains. His story here is given with some liberty.
Hendrick Rooibos, born in 1634 in the small Dutch community Zaamslagveer, apperantly under the name of Wim Pladett, altough this is not confirmed, Because of his very wild red hair he got the nickname of Rooibos. He made it to a captain of a galleon in 1655 called the 'Laughing Sea Dick' and sailed all known oceans and seas.
The most impressive act of Rooibos was his journey to now know as Japan in 1657.Japan then, was impossible to visit for all seafaring nations like England, Spain, Chinese and other great powers of that age.
His first brave officers, called Jo and Co got the order to set ashore on the Japanese mainland. Rooibos is cited as being shouted the command, (DUTCH) "Jo, Co hao moa" (OLDENG: "Jo, Co, go than"). The other morning the Japanese called the settlement Yo ko hama (Yo Co Ha Ma) after the shouting order of Rooibos. Nowadays there live 14 million people.
Rooibos, many years later, sailing around, now known as North America, seemingly to be lost, was being asked by his crewmen where to go now. Looking at his maps he apperantly seemed to have said, (DUTCH) "Je kan noar ier, en je kan noar da" (OLDENG: "Thou can go here, and thou can nar thar") They went to Ca na da (DUTCH: Kan na da(ar)) (OLDENG: Can nar thar). This part of northern America is supposedly be called after this command.
Altough the date is known as 3 september, the year is still unsure, another event happened. On that date Rooibos lost a legendary sea battle from a Spanish-Mexican armada. People yelled in his hometown with full emotions of unbelieve, (DUTCH:"Ferloor ie da ?") (OLDENG: "Forlor he thar ?"). He did, and eventually the United States called the coast provice Flor i da. (Forlor he thar).
In 1679 Rooibos further discovered an island somewhere south west of the Azores, now known as Liga.
Rooibos continued to sail the seven seas until his death in 1699.
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