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Charles
Hapgood is one of the most important scientist of the XX Century.
In the strict sense he was not a scientist: he was a university
professor, graduate in Medieval and Modern History at Harvard
in 1932. He became famous on the end of the Twentieth Century
because he was the promoter of the theory of Magnetic Poles
Moving Earth: a simple and revolutionary theory at the same
time able to explain, as none before, the Myth of Myths. Everything
began when Hapgood, based on an question that was made by a
student about the mystery of the disappearance of the legendary
continents of Mu and Atlantis, decided to investigate without
prejudice on the matter. In 1958 he published his first book
"The slippage of the earth's crust". In this book
Hapgood formulated a theory in which he said that the axis of
the Earth slipped numerous times during the geological history
of our planet. The thesis was innovative and intelligent but
although the theory of "Pole Shift" was accepted by
some official geologists , most received much criticism, often
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(Above) The incredible map dated 1506, by the Florentine cartographer
Francis Rosselli showing post-colombian geographical discoveries.
Note the provision of Antarctica, in advance of three centuries
(it was discovered in 1818) and placed further north than expected,
as explained by Charles Hapgood through the theory of the movement
of Poles. But how did Rosselli know of the Ice Continent? |
To write his book, Hapgood used many ancient maps,
including renowned Piri Reis, an Ottoman admiral of the Sixteenth
Century. The source of this map was provided by Christopher Columbus:
The peculiarity is that shows an extensive continent very similar
in form to the Antarctica. The map was drawn in 1513, based on information
from existing texts. It strangely featured the Antarctic continent
free from ice and that was attached to the tip of Cape Horn, at the
margins of Argentina.
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This seems strange because the Official History
tells us that the Eighth Continent was discovered only in
1818 and for this reason, the geologists from around the world
criticized against the theory of Hapgood, in their view is
absurd that the "impossible" maps of Antarctica
is restored because they didn't know about the existence before
then. In fact one of the most absurd interpretations stemming
from geologists bashing Hapgood, is that drawings can be seen
in an area totally imaginary and invented by cartographers
of the sole purpose of "balancing maps" because
the continents were present only in the north of world, and
the similarity with the Antarctica is "unintentional".
However, anyway in all maps it was present and with precise
detail.
On one of these
geographical representation can be seen in detail the east
coast South American approach to the Antarctic coast, much
like the current situation, but even more so if we take into
account that the sea at the time was the last glaciation lower
than 130 meters, the lands were considerably closer. So if
these maps are prior to the discovery of the American continent
is clear that whoever had in hand, in these cases exactly
Cristopher Columbus received in turn by someone who knew about
the profile of the Antarctic and South American lands at the
time of the last glaciation. In fact, the fact that these
drawings, also represented the Falkland Islands (discovered
in 1592), this suggests that these maps should be backdated,
because in that time nobody knew the existence of that arcipelagus.
In this case, each reference must go to the lost civilization
par excellence, which is that of Atlantis.
Hapgood was trying to find in those documents the scientific
evidence of cataclysms occurred in the days to demonstrate
the ancient stories about the lost continent, and it seems
that the maps speak clearly. According to the scientist theory,
in the very remote times, geographic poles were positioned
differently, the axis of the Earth was tilted about 15 degrees,
and then the North Pole was three thousand kilometers further
south than today, while at the same time the South Pole was
moved to the same distance but further north. This testifies
to the accuracy of maps, which show the Antarctica much more
to the north, most of its lands consequently deprived from
ice and with a mild climate, while most of the northern glaciers
covered all the lands to Northern America and Europe across
the Arctic to the British Isles. This, according to Hapgood,
is the explanation of the continent of Atlantis who wants
positioned at the center of the Atlantic Ocean just as Plato
told, but higher up, between Europe and North America. His
theory concerns at the same time the shift of the magnetic
poles, which always would reversed causing disasters and climate
upheaval, those same which caused the disappearance of Atlantis
as told by all the civilizations of the mythical Great Flood.
This theory was confirmed by a famous Italian scientist, Flavio
Barbiero, who in December 1974 discovered in Antarctica, precisely
in the Land of King George, traces of an old petrified forest
of at least 10-12 thousand years. Then the heavy criticism
by traditionalists scientists, who say that Antarctica has
never been populated in the past, because they want covered
it by glaciers since 300 million years and that nobody knew
of the existence of this continent until the year 1818, are
totally unfounded. Only few scholars have given credit to
the idea; one of them is the famous Graham Hancock, in his
book "The fingerprints of the Gods". He used this theory to
affirm the existence in remote times of an ancient civilization,
very advanced technologically, and then disappeared during
a major disaster due to a stabilization of the Earth crust.
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(Above) The map designed on suede leather by Piri Reis, in
1513, now housed in the museum of the palace of Topkapi in
Istanbul. Clearly show the South American coast to Tierra
del Fuego and then the area of the Antarctic continent free
from ice. Piri Reis, Ottoman admiral of the fleet, declared
explicitly of having copied it from one owned by "an
unfaithful named Qolombo" who discovered America ...
(Below) Portrait of Piri Re'́s ibn Hajji Mehmet, the
Ottoman admiral of the fleet of Istanbul, was also the grandson
of Privateer Kemal Re'́s who lived for many years in
Alexandria in Egypt and was able to see some maps survived
from the destruction of the Library .
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According to Hancock
these maps may have been shown around the 10000 BCE. In addition,
maps can be seen on the different morphology of the Azores islands,
depicted as one large island off the coast of Portugal, or other
islands today not on the modern maps. This, how we mentioned before,
is explained because the sea level was much lower at that time,
and following raised by an immense flood.
All this is clear: the Great Flood narrated by all the peoples of
the Earth; the moving of the axis of the Earth moved the lands thousand
kilometers to the South and the melting of ice swept away all human
coastal cities that were at an altitude lower than 130 meters. What
remained were actually only ancient maps of that world, devastated
by the cataclysm of global proportions. The maps survived in the Library
of Alexandria in Egypt. The Library, before being destroyed, it was
burned three times; without any doubt, the same Egyptian guardians
during the Hellenistic Age affirmed that the Library contained documents
of an era before the Flood…
But in this fascinating and absolute logic history, a question comes
spontaneously. Who gave the map (later reached in the hands of Piri
Reis) to Christopher Columbus? Above all, perhaps, there were already
drawn the Americas before he went there?
Antonella Verdolino
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(Left) The "impossible" map of the southern hemisphere
of Oronce Fine (latinizated in Finaeus and italianizated in
Fineo) dated 1514 shows the Antarctica and the South America
linked.
(Right) Detail of Terra Australis from Fineo map, which bears
the inscription "recenter invents sen nondum cognita"
(recently discovered but not yet known). Note the excellent
design work by Fineo and the presence of rivers and fjords.
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(Left) The other incredible map of Cretian Giorgio Calopodio,
dating back to 1537. Although shows similarities with the
map of Fineo, it shows details that has been copied from a
pre-existing map to both.
(Right) Satellite image of Antarctica: although similar,
is possible to see big differences in the shape of the Palmer
Peninsula and the Weddell Sea: in the impossible maps, this
sea does not exist, as if it had been, once dry land. Or maybe
there is a reference to an ancient dock polar wider.
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(Left) An incredible map, the cordiform map of Fineo dating
back to 1519.
(Right) The map of Gerardo Kremer of 1606 defines Antarctica
"Tierra de Fuego". Not by chance is great volcanic
activity on the continent of ice.
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| (Above) Portrait of Fineus
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