# Closer to Pasai (Pacem), where survivors from the junk made landfall and where the Portuguese had contacts.

> Still possible: Closer to Pasai (Pacem), where survivors from the junk made landfall and where the Portuguese had contacts.

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# Closer to Pasai (Pacem), where survivors from the junk made landfall and where the Portuguese had contacts.

Closer to Pasai (Pacem), where survivors from the junk made landfall and where the Portuguese had contacts.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionDeduced0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The chronicles' sequence (wreck, raft, the junk sighting, the junk's survivors at Pasai) fits a position near Pasai.

## What would rule it out

- The named landmarks exclude the Pasai coast.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Four mariners from the mutinied junk reached Pasai by boat, so the loss was within reach of it.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/evidence/EVD0D2BHM9E6BGF/four-mariners-from-the-mutinied-junk-reached-pasai-by-boat)

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## The questions it answers

[Where did the Flor de la Mar go down?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/questions/QST0D2BHJJR6EAM/where-did-the-flor-de-la-mar-go-down)

Most likelyOn shoals off the kingdom of Aru, south-east of Pasai, on the night of 20 November 1511 (the modern…

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Closer to Pasai (Pacem), where survivors from the junk made landfall and where the Portuguese had contacts. [Answer ANS0D2BHM1M1ZS3]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D2BHM1M1ZS3
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