Ancient Map Of America
An ancient map of america published in the 1500 s depicts a mermaid holding a ufo.
Ancient map of america. Geographica provides a valuable source of information on the ancient world especially when this information is corroborated by other sources. 43 ce an 1898 reconstruction of pomponius mela s view of the world. Select a date an see cities kingdoms and empires rise and fall. Skeptics of hapgood s theory point out that the map is a representation of the south american coastline pointing to modern physical features of the coast and interior included on the 16 th century map.
Is america s mysterious waffle rock proof of ancient high tech or a natural formation. Otherwise argue critics the image would indicate that antarctica and south america had once been connected at uruguay and that argentina did not yet exist. The spider rock map was dug up by a group of treasure hunters in 1908. Explore the ancient world in this interactive map.
The hadji ahmed map published in 1559 shows incredibly accurate delineations of the western coast of northern america and antarctica. July 4 2012 last edited. Whole world maps according to strabo are reconstructions from his written text. Pomponius is unique among ancient geographers in that after dividing the earth into five zones of which two only were habitable he.
Americae sive quartae orbis partis nova et exactissima. These ancient world maps also became more and more accurate until christian theologians started insisting that the world was perfectly divided in the shape of a t centered around jerusalem. What is even more incredible is the fact that this ancient map shows a land bridge connection siberia and alaska indicating it originated from a time when the bridge was still present. It is one of america s greatest and yet little known enigmas.
South america vs antarctica. In time for fourth. Under such influence ancient world maps started showing an idealized vision of the real world charted by biblical events and often including places like the garden of eden and magog as actual locations in the real world. Select a date an see cities kingdoms and empires rise and fall.
In addition of depicting giants dragons and cannibals the lower left corner of the map near tierra del fuego an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the south american mainland across the strait of magellan illustrates what seems to be a mermaid holding an object that eerily resembles a flying saucer. With the dawn of the age of exploration in the 15th century though our. There are several reasons. Ancient map of america found in germany.