Columbus
Day
Columbus
day is only a week away! Yes, it is that time of year again. This is
a good week to learn about Columbus and anything to do with that
period and seafaring.
One of
the great myths on Columbus is that people of his time believed the
world was flat, and Columbus wanted to prove the world was round.
Where in fact Columbus's motives of exploration were of a more
economic and evangelistic nature.
Below is an extract of a fantastic book called "Maps of Ancient Sea Kings" by Charles H. Hapgood:
"....He translated to me the long inscription which states that this map was not the result of the Turkish Admiral's own investigations, but is copied from Christopher Columbus' map, which unfortunately is now lost. It carried the name of Columbus no less than eight times, and is chiefly interesting for the contemporary statement that Columbus was of Genoese birth, and not of Spanish as certain Spanish writers have recently claimed. It tells that Columbus, the Geonese, incited thereto by an ancient book, applied to the Geonese authorities for ships and money to enable him to cross the seas to Japan and China...."
-A letter
addressed to the American Secretary of State from Charles H. Sherrill
in the book "Maps of Ancient Sea Kings".Statement by the
Author of "Maps of Ancient Sea Kings", Charles H.
Hapgood:
"The evidence presented by the ancient maps appears to suggest that in remote times, before the rise of any of the known cultures, of a true civilization, of a comparatively advanced sort, which either was localized in one area but had worldwide commerce, or was, in a real sense, a worldwide culture. . . .In astronomy, nautical science, mapmaking and possibly ship-building, it was perhaps more advanced than any state of culture before the 18th century of the Christian Era. . . .Mapping on such a scale. . .suggests both economic motivations and economic resources. Organized government is indicated. The mapping of a continent like Antarctica implies much organization, many exploring expeditions, many stages in the compilation of local observations and local maps into a general map, all under a central direction....If it be remembered that Noah's family operated under the four divine institutions and had to quickly discover natural resources in a virtually new planet, evidences of very early global mapping are not surprising."
"The evidence presented by the ancient maps appears to suggest that in remote times, before the rise of any of the known cultures, of a true civilization, of a comparatively advanced sort, which either was localized in one area but had worldwide commerce, or was, in a real sense, a worldwide culture. . . .In astronomy, nautical science, mapmaking and possibly ship-building, it was perhaps more advanced than any state of culture before the 18th century of the Christian Era. . . .Mapping on such a scale. . .suggests both economic motivations and economic resources. Organized government is indicated. The mapping of a continent like Antarctica implies much organization, many exploring expeditions, many stages in the compilation of local observations and local maps into a general map, all under a central direction....If it be remembered that Noah's family operated under the four divine institutions and had to quickly discover natural resources in a virtually new planet, evidences of very early global mapping are not surprising."
In
addition check out this article on Columbus by
R.J.Rushdoony: http://chalcedon.edu/research/articles/the-motives-of-exploration/
And
this complementary
podcast: http://chalcedon.edu/research/audio/motives-of-discovery-and-exploration-i/
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