Within the nautical vocabulary, knots have their own name, sometimes a bit shocking.

Each country, in most cases, gives names to knots that do not coincide with those of other countries.

Sometimes, knots are known internationally with the name of Spanish, Portuguese, Cuban, etc. Thus, we have, among others, the Cuban loop, the Spanish bowline or the Spanish Bowline, known in Spain as the towing knot.

Therefore, this gives rise to the existence of the extensive vocabulary that gives its name to more than 4,000 cataloged knots, in addition to the different nautical tasks that are performed with them.

In ancient Egypt, knots were engraved with different meanings that were used as a common procedure to transmit messages from one place to another by means of a messenger.

In the pre-Columbian culture of America, the Quechua Indians of the Incas of Peru, who at that time did not know any type of writing, not even hieroglyphic signs, used knots made in cords of quilted plant fiber to transmit a message. This original procedure used for messages was carried out by following a simple code that allowed them to communicate from one town to another. This communication system called “quipus” can be compared to a simple language in which, by using knots in a certain order, they managed to give meaning to the most important things that the members of that ancient tribe of the Inca nation wanted to communicate.