Mystery Tjipetir from Sukabumi in Europe

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Mystery Tjipetir from Sukabumi in Europe

Louise Mamet find Tjipetir block in the Dunes de Sainte Marguerite in Landeda, France.

Over the past 100 years, a square object reads 'Tjipetir' scattered on beaches Britain and northern Europe. A Briton claims to have solved the mystery of where it came from.

Mystery revealed Tjipetir block Tracey Williams.

In the summer of 2012, Tracey Williams was walking on the beach near his home in Cornwall, England, when he saw a square object reads 'Tjipetir'. When touched, the body feels rubbery.

Williams returned to find something similar in other parts of the coast a few weeks later.

Driven curiosity, he was made a research. Posts 'Tjipetir' was derived from an area near Sukabumi, Indonesia. There, when the Netherlands was occupied Indonesia, there is a rubber plantation that produces square blocks.

In the 19th century and the mid 20th century, the blocks were used as insulation telegraph cable across the seabed.

The findings were then uploaded Williams on the Facebook page. Gradually, many people come to visit the page and reported that they found the block Tjipetir.

Those people not only live in the UK, but also Spain, France, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

Jose de Cora find Tjipetir block in San Cibrao, the northwestern part of Spain in August 2013.

Titanic

Originally block 'Tjipetir' and why it spread Tropa bring mystery.

"A French newspaper covering this story and reported that a ship carrying this thing. I checked the manifest of the Titanic and found that indeed the ship was carrying a rubber object. Speculation is growing after this news broke, "said Williams.

Tjipetir blocks derived from a rubber plantation in Sukabumi, West Java.

However, in the summer of 2013, Williams found a breakthrough.

He contacted separately by two people, who do not want to be identified. Both refer to a ship as a source block Tjipetir, namely Miyazaki Maru.

Japanese ships were sunk a German submarine, U-88, which is led by Captain Walther Schwieger, on May 31, 1917.

Japanese ship named Miyazaki Maru Tjipetir transport block.

Consequently, Miyazaki Maru sank 241 kilometers west of the Isles of Scilly, between England and France.

The fact was echoed Alison Kentuck, a British officer who handles shipwreck in British waters. According to him, the blocks came from Miyazaki Maru.

Williams, who is now writing a book on the block Tjipetir, said most of the blocks in good condition. In fact, there are fishermen who wear them to a cutting board. (BBC)