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“Issues and Action in Education”
Ancient Map By Professor Allen Quist
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A recently
discovered and publicized ancient map of the globe disproves the
theory of man-made global warming. The enormous significance of
the map has only now become apparent as Congress considers
sweeping legislation intended to combat global warming
supposedly caused by human activity.
The map was discovered in the Library of Congress, Washington
DC, in 1960 by Charles Hapgood. It was drawn by well-known
French cartographer, Oronteus Finaeus, in 1531. There is no
serious question about the authenticity of the map. Finaeus was
a well-known scholar and was an expert in cartography,
astronomy, mathematics and military weaponry. The map is based
on numerous source maps, some of them going back to the time of
Alexander the Great (335 BC).
One section of the map pictures the globe from the perspective
of the South Pole. Antarctica is clearly shown on this map and
is pictured as being largely ice-free with flowing rivers and a
clean coastline. Some of the mountain ranges pictured on the map
have only been recently discovered. Photographs of the map can
be found on numerous websites; one such photograph appears
below:
The other half of the map, which is not shown, pictures the
globe from the perspective of the North Pole. Continents and
islands clearly pictured on the map above include Antarctica
(center), South America (lower right), Africa (lower left),
Madagascar (left of center) and Australia (upper left).
There are numerous sensational features of the map-one of
them being the reality that it clearly pictures Antarctica
long before it was “discovered” in 1820. Also significant is
the fact that Antarctica is depicted as largely free of ice,
at least in the coastal areas. This means that some of the
source-maps were drawn before the mile-thick ice-cap covered
the continent. This is not surprising because it is
well-known that when the Vikings settled Greenland in 980
AD, it too was much warmer than today. The Vikings in
Greenland numbered about 5,000 by 1200AD, but as the earth
cooled, the settlers died off or moved away.
The Finaeus depiction of Antarctica is extraordinarily
accurate-so much so that modern cartographers are mystified
as to how it could have been drawn with such amazing
accuracy. The mapmaking ability of earlier people (perhaps
the Phoenicians), including their abilities in mathematics
and geometry, must have been far superior to what has
recently been imagined.
The map demonstrates that Antarctica had been extensively
explored and mapped long before it was known to the Western
world. Since Antarctica was much warmer when some of the
source-maps were drawn than it is today, the theory that
man-made carbon dioxide emissions are the primary cause of
climate change must be given up.
How can the accuracy of this map be explained? One of the
earliest authorities on mapmaking was Claudius Ptolemaeus
(referred to in the West as “Ptolemy”) who lived from about
AD 85-168. Ptolemy was a cartographer, mathematician,
astronomer and geographer. He lived in Alexandria under the
Roman Empire.
Ptolemy wrote a monumental work on mapmaking, Guide to
Geography, also known as Geographia, in about
150 AD. Geographia was lost to most of the civilized world
for more than a thousand years until it was re-discovered
around 1300 AD. The book demonstrates that Mediterranean
people of 2,000 years ago had the knowledge and expertise to
sail far and wide and to make accurate maps of their
travels.
Ptolemy’s book describes longitudinal and latitudinal lines
and how they are drawn. The book identifies the location of
numerous geographical sites by means of those lines. The
book additionally specifies how important locations can be
accurately placed on maps by means of celestial
observations. That is, the book explains how accurate maps
can be made and how to navigate based on those maps by means
of celestial navigation relying on the perceived locations
of the sun, moon, planets and stars.
When Ptolemy’s Geographia was translated from Greek
into Latin in Western Europe in 1406, its global coordinate
and navigational system revolutionized European sailing and
mapmaking abilities-putting them on a previously unknown
scientific basis. The knowledge Europeans gained from
Ptolemy enabled them to engage in their own explosion of
exploration and cartography beginning in the 15th Century.
About the author:
Allen Quist is Adjunct Professor
of Political Science at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato,
Minnesota. He is a widely recognized writer and speaker
throughout the United States. Allen Quist is author of five
books, the most recent being
Americas Schools: The Battleground for Freedom. Quist
authored the best-selling book,
FedEd: The New
Federal Curriculum and How It’s Enforced. In his books
he explains the federal No Child Left Behind legislation and
programs such as International Baccalaureate, he describes
the math and reading wars, and he discusses the effects of
international agreements on our schools. Quist writes about
the preservation of America’s sovereignty, our commitment to
truth and unalienable rights, and our resolve to pass our
liberty on to the next generation.
Prof. Quist served three terms in the Minnesota House of
Representatives from 1983 to 1988. In the Minnesota House he
served as Chair of the Social Services Subcommittee and also
served on the House Education Committee. He was chief author
of the bill that created Minnesotas Department of Jobs and
Training. Prof. Quist played an influential role in
legalizing home schools in Minnesota. He was one of seven
delegates elected from Minnesota to the White House
Conference on Families in 1980.
Allen Quist has been a member of two school
boards and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Gustavus
Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN), a Master of Arts degree
from the University of Minnesota, Mankato, and a Bachelor of
Divinity degree from Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary
(Mankato, MN). He and his wife Julie live in rural St.
Peter, Minnesota.
Ed
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