It seems to have disappeared from the Internet. Nevertheless, there is no other book that really covers the Piri Reis map. At least my copies have color and do look like coffee table books. The map provided remarkably accurate latitude and longitude locations of coastal features of Africa, North and South America, and a portion of Antarctica.This book is worth keeping for the pictures alone. Others including the Sixteen Wind system etc.

This paints a portrait of a ancieht faring civilization that traveled the Atlantic Ocean, Black Sea, and Mediterranean. This map was drawn using the Equidistant projection method. The Americas were mapped thousands of years before Columbus. Hapgood Charles Hutchins Maps Of The Ancient Sea Kings An alternative translation of the Genesis text. Be the first to ask a question about Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings. This review is based on the publishing quality of the book. Mar 09, Scott Roberts rated it it was amazing. He was struck by a car in Greenfield, Massachusettsand died hapgold December 21, This is an idea based the idea not the book on a diverse set of theories t I Read this book because I wanted a more scientific look at the evidence surrounding an ancient civilization, and Hapgood does provides this.

Charles Hapgood was a professor of the history of science who was looking for a topic to present to his students and chose the Piri Reis map, which is a map dating from which, among other features, shows parts of the coastline of Antarctica. Maps of the ancient sea kings: Click image left to see a large map from that book indicating the location six maps, the features that have been verified with modern geography, etc. Rather, it’s more a scholarly work that- however reluctantly- advances the theory that there may have been some ‘lost civilization’ that drew up a map of the world far more advanced than would be expected in history until the 20th century. I ordered the edition of this book that supposedly contains good quality copies of the maps, but I received the edition. Still, what he really illustrates, and what this book shows, is that no one has ever taken this idea seriously and tried to advance it scientifically. Rare and ancient maps reveal a new history of mankind in Charles Hapgood’s classic – back in print. Hapgood produces concrete evidence of an advanced worldwide. Charles Hapgood s classic book on ancient maps is back in print after 20 years. Excerpts from “Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings” Charles Hapgood performed a detailed analysis of this map.

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