SUMMARYPrester John's land in Chicora (Nov 11, 2026; Prester John line). WEAK
SOURCEthe Prester John link rests on one secondary article
RECORD (Wikipedia, "Francisco de Chicora")in June 1521, men commissioned by Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón seize about 70 people at the River of San Juan Bautista (traditionally Winyah Bay, South Carolina); one, baptized Francisco de Chicora, is taken to Spain and tells chronicler Peter Martyr of Chicora, Duhare, a giant king named Datha and Tihe, a province "inhabited by a priestly tribe"; Martyr publishes it with his seventh Decade (1525). In 1526 Francisco walks back into his own country and is never seen by the Spanish again
RECORD (Wikipedia, "Prester John")Peter Martyr linked Prester John's land to Chicora, a land Francisco said "was ruled by priests."
LENSEurope's priest-king story touched down in the Carolinas, told by one of our own
NEXTpull Martyr's Decade 7 text (De Orbe Novo) and quote the passage exactly.