The Sailor Who Became King on Cannibal Island While He Thought He Would Have Food

On Christmas of 1904, a man from a sunken ship arrived on an island full of cannibals. For island residents The food was at your feet a kind of. No matter how strong the man was, he couldn’t handle them.

What happened next would change the course of his entire life. Once a sailor, he would become the king of the cannibal island. How did all these events develop?

First, let’s take a look at the life of our adventurous sailor Carl Emil Pettersson.

Born as one of the sons of a family of six children, Carl died in 1892, when he was seventeen years old, after his father abandoned his family. He gave himself to the seas. Then in 1898, he went to work for the German trading company Neuguinea Compagnie in New Guinea’s Bismarck Archipelago.

All those fantastic events that would happen to him would flare up on the ship he was on, through his place of employment. How could Carl know? That you could be the king of an island full of cannibals?

The sailor was on a cargo ship bound for Sydney.

The ship Carl is on; It sank on Christmas 1904, off the coast of Tabar Island in the Pacific Ocean. Sailor, managed to land near a village and its surroundings were surrounded by the islanders. The people we call islanders were cannibals.

Even though Carl was quite strong, he was no match for them. The cannibals took the man to their king named Lamry and The king’s daughter fell in love with him.

During his meeting with the king, Carl also asked if they would give him a chance. that it could bring great wealth to the island he said. Thanks to the education he received in Sweden, he could meet their needs.

The sailor was freed and tried to do something for the island.

Carl, employee building a telephone network and building a steam engine He tried to do it but failed. When things did not go his way in engineering, he turned to botany and created a beautiful coconut bunch. He had established his own coconut plantation.

King Lamry liked this situation. The king’s daughter, Princess Singdo, and Carl in 1907 They married and had nine children.

Later, when Lamry died, Carl became the king and “Strong Charley” It was called. The people of the island loved and respected him.

Princess Singdo died of puerperal fever in 1921. Carl went to Sweden in the hope of finding a new wife and He returned to the island with another woman.

He passed away after fulfilling some of his promises.

During his reign, Carl lived in a village on the nearby island of Simberi. gold deposit discovered. Thus, he kept his promise to bring wealth to Tabar. Today, the Tabar Islands have one of the largest gold deposits in the world.

Carl’s adventurous story ended with a heart attack in Sydney in 1937. Life, as you see A story that is still talked about today continues to be transferred.

Carl Emil Pettersson in popular culture:

Appearing in the children’s TV series Pippi Longstocking Pippi’s father, Ephraim Longstocking, It was inspired by Carl.

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