Calgary engineer believes he's cracked the mysterious Voynich Manuscript

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And while I'm at it, bananas didn't leave Indonesia, Philiphines and, or Malaysia until the 17th century. And probably came to us via Africa.

I don't think this is right.  You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. article talks about them being in Africa by 500 CE and Europe (Spain) by the 1200s. Other sites also state they were beyond East Asia much earlier than the 17th century, including in Europe by the 15th century if not long before.

But in any case, I'm not sure it matters.  The methodology here appears to be that when the imagery supports the Turkish theory, it is accurate and realistic; when it doesn't, it's because the artist/author's memory is failing.  So there's little point in discussing the imagery at all here.