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Charles Hapgood's classic book on ancient maps produces evidence of an advanced world-wide civilization existing many thousands of years before ancient Egypt. He has found the evidence in the Piri Reis Map that shows Antarctica, the Hadji Ahmed map, the Oronteus Finaeus and other amazing maps. Hapgood concluded that these maps were made from more ancient maps from the various ancient archives around the world, now lost. Not only were these unknown people more advanced in mapmaking than any other prior to the 18th century, it appears they mapped all the continents. The Americas were mapped thousands of years before Columbus and Antarctica was mapped once its coasts were free of ice.… (plus d'informations)
MAPS OF THE ANCIENT SEA KINGS:EVIDENCE OF ADVANCED CIVILIZATION IN THE ICE AGE
While searching for the earliest map of Antarctica, I heard about the Piri Reis Map of 1513 and the Oronce Fine (Oronteus Finaeus) Map of 1531. And in due course came across this book. I had my reservations, based on some of the info I had read, about Hapgood (as well as the Map librarian at LOC telling me he was a nut), but I feel that in this book he makes an interesting case for his hypothesis of an early seafaring/map making culture(s). Many of his theories about the maps he and his students examined are backed up by other experts and even military cartographers. Yet after digesting what I'd read a little more and reading "The Piri Reis Map of 1513" by Gregory C. McIntosh [see my review], Hapgood makes a number of assumptions and, at times, disregards or distorts evidence in order to better make his case. I think my lack of prior knowledge in this area made it more believable. Also, even though this book contains a lot of cartographic and mathematical descriptions, it is still quite readable for the average person. Finally, this edition (1966) could have had better (in color and sharper) pictures of the maps.
I don't mind admitting that all the references to spherical trigonometry were beyond me (I'm no mathematician and certainly no cartographer), but I don't think that spoiled the book's overall impression. To me, the reasoning of Professor Hapgood and his students is perfectly sound: the maps in question appear to indicate that at some point prior to recorded history, Earth was host to an advanced civilization which mapped the entire planet, including Antarctica when its coastlines were free of ice. The curious fact is not that such maps existed for sixteenth-century cartographers like Piri Reis and Oronteus Finaeus to copy, but that the civilization responsible for them had otherwise vanished without a trace. There is absolutely no indication of who these people might have been, what they called themselves or from which corner of the globe they emerged. Hapgood does not mention Sumer, the earliest known civilization, but notes that the last time Antarctica's coasts were ice-free was about 6,000 years ago; perhaps not so coincidentally, this is when the Sumerian civilization began under circumstances that remain mysterious even today. ( )
No serious student of history can miss this book. Hapgood (who was laughed at by the established academic community when this book was published -- in part because he used undergraduates to help in his research - academics can be so closed minded and such assholes!) has raised the bar and broken open the box of antiquated archaeological and geographical thinking and has gone to the myths, legends and the extant artifices that contradicts almost everything that has been written about "pre-history" up to this point. This is a MAJOR WORK by a gifted teacher who came to his conclusions from legitimately being involved in his subject matter.... I am personally very grateful for this work! It opens doors (and hopefully minds) to a new world of advanced civilizations that appeared (and disappeared) long before out 5000 year old timeline began.
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A Word of Appreciation
Discoveries are often made by persons who, having fastened onto suggestions made by others, follow them through. This is the case with this book, which is the result of seven years of intensive research undertaken as the result of a suggestion made by someone else.
That person is Captain Arlington H. Mallery. He first suggested that the Piri Re'is Map, brought to light in 1929 but drawn in 1513 and based upon much older maps, showed a part of Antartica. It was he who made the original suggestion that the first map of this coast must have been drawn before the present immense Antarctic ice cap had covered the coasts of Queen Maud Land. His sensational suggestion was the inspiration for our research.
It is therefore with deep appreciation that I dedicate this book to Captain Arlington H. Mallery.
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In 1929, in the old Imperial Palace in Constantinople, a map was found that caused great excitement.
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We have manifold leads, which further research can hardly fail to develop.
Charles Hapgood's classic book on ancient maps produces evidence of an advanced world-wide civilization existing many thousands of years before ancient Egypt. He has found the evidence in the Piri Reis Map that shows Antarctica, the Hadji Ahmed map, the Oronteus Finaeus and other amazing maps. Hapgood concluded that these maps were made from more ancient maps from the various ancient archives around the world, now lost. Not only were these unknown people more advanced in mapmaking than any other prior to the 18th century, it appears they mapped all the continents. The Americas were mapped thousands of years before Columbus and Antarctica was mapped once its coasts were free of ice.
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While searching for the earliest map of Antarctica, I heard about the Piri Reis Map of 1513 and the Oronce Fine (Oronteus Finaeus) Map of 1531. And in due course came across this book. I had my reservations, based on some of the info I had read, about Hapgood (as well as the Map librarian at LOC telling me he was a nut), but I feel that in this book he makes an interesting case for his hypothesis of an early seafaring/map making culture(s). Many of his theories about the maps he and his students examined are backed up by other experts and even military cartographers. Yet after digesting what I'd read a little more and reading "The Piri Reis Map of 1513" by Gregory C. McIntosh [see my review], Hapgood makes a number of assumptions and, at times, disregards or distorts evidence in order to better make his case. I think my lack of prior knowledge in this area made it more believable. Also, even though this book contains a lot of cartographic and mathematical descriptions, it is still quite readable for the average person. Finally, this edition (1966) could have had better (in color and sharper) pictures of the maps.