Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings - Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Age by Charles H. Hapgood

Author:Charles H. Hapgood [Hapgood, Charles H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2009-11-10T18:48:00+00:00

Comparing the Ptolemy Map of the North with the Zeno Map, we can see that they are related, but that they must have derived from sources dating from different times. If the original source of the Ptolemy Map came from the end of the ice age, that of the Zeno Map may have originated much earlier.

3. The Andrea Benincasa Map of 1508. 3

This is one of the best of the portolan charts (see Fig. 89). Examination revealed that it was oriented to Magnetic North, about 6° E.

To draw a grid for this map we first found the length of the degree of longitude by measuring the distance on the map in millimeters between known points at either end of the map — in this case Gibraltar and Batum — and dividing the millimeters by the number of degrees of longitude between them. The length of the degree of latitude was found in the same way separately by using points on the Atlantic coast from Cape Yubi to Ireland, and points on the east from Cairo to Yalta. On our draft map, we found the longitude degree to be 7 mm, the latitude degree on the Atlantic to be 9 mm, and the latitude degree on the east to be 5 mm. As the longitude degree was intermediate, we took this as the basis for our grid. There were not enough points (and not enough total latitude) on the east to give us a reliable measure for the degree (Fig. 90).

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