It began as a search for
Atlantis. But Charles Hapgood's discovery of our shifting planet is perhaps more
profound. If his data is correct, we've got to face some unsettling facts about
our Earth's past and-- and more importantly-- our future.
The "Shifting Poles Theory"
was introduced by History Professor, Charles H. Hapgood, whose
fascination with geography and ancient maps led to his re-discovery of the Piri
Reis Map. This hand drawn Turkish naval map had been gathering dust since the
early 1500's, its significance unrealized. On closer scrutiny, Hapgood observed
evidence of spherical trigonometry and a detailed knowledge of global
geography-- including the coastline of Antarctica at a remote time, when it was
free of ice. The map had been drawn just a few years after Columbus visited the
Americas. The cartographer, Admiral Piri Reis, described his world map as having
been drawn from "very old" reference maps. It appeared as if some ancient,
forgotten civilization had risen to these capabilities, and then had
disappeared. The identity of these ancient mariners begged to be discovered.
The most obvious place to look
for such an old, yet advanced, civilization was in the famous accounts of the
lost continent, Atlantis, described in somewhat vague, but realistic,
commentary by the Greek historian, Plato. Captain Jacques Cousteau concluded
that Plato's Atlantis was in the Mediterranean, near Greece. His underwater
explorations found evidence of extensive maritime trading and skilled boat
building, along with some artifacts dated to thousands of years B.C. But no vast
metropolis was found. Scholars called attention to the utopian descriptions of
Plato, who hinted that Atlantis was in the "ocean" and "beyond the pillars of
Hercules," known today as the Straight of Gibraltar. And so tradition eventually
placed Atlantis somewhere on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
With the invention of deep
submersibles, the bottom of the North and South Atlantic have been mapped and
their topography is now well known. The history of these oceanic floors is
preserved in a succession of lava flows associated with the movement of tectonic
plates. In other words, we're pretty sure that there is no sunken continent on
these ocean floors. The same mapping has revealed recent changes in the
habitable areas along the oceanic coastlines. Stone structures and a pyramid lie
just off the coast of Bimany. Submerged forests have recently been found off the
coastline of America's Northwest. Petroglyphs in Hawaii, carved into stone, are
now covered by meters of the Pacific Ocean-- evidence of a lower ocean level. So
while there is yet no sunken Atlantis, there does appear to be evidence of some
dramatic changes to both the ocean levels and climates in our planet's recent
history.
It began as a search for
Atlantis. But Charles Hapgood's discovery of our shifting planet is perhaps more
profound. If his data is correct, we've got to face some unsettling facts about
our Earth's past and-- and more importantly-- our future.
The "Shifting Poles Theory"
was introduced by History Professor, Charles H. Hapgood, whose
fascination with geography and ancient maps led to his re-discovery of the Piri
Reis Map. This hand drawn Turkish naval map had been gathering dust since the
early 1500's, its significance unrealized. On closer scrutiny, Hapgood observed
evidence of spherical trigonometry and a detailed knowledge of global
geography-- including the coastline of Antarctica at a remote time, when it was
free of ice. The map had been drawn just a few years after Columbus visited the
Americas. The cartographer, Admiral Piri Reis, described his world map as having
been drawn from "very old" reference maps. It appeared as if some ancient,
forgotten civilization had risen to these capabilities, and then had
disappeared. The identity of these ancient mariners begged to be discovered.
The most obvious place to look
for such an old, yet advanced, civilization was in the famous accounts of the
lost continent, Atlantis, described in somewhat vague, but realistic,
commentary by the Greek historian, Plato. Captain Jacques Cousteau concluded
that Plato's Atlantis was in the Mediterranean, near Greece. His underwater
explorations found evidence of extensive maritime trading and skilled boat
building, along with some artifacts dated to thousands of years B.C. But no vast
metropolis was found. Scholars called attention to the utopian descriptions of
Plato, who hinted that Atlantis was in the "ocean" and "beyond the pillars of
Hercules," known today as the Straight of Gibraltar. And so tradition eventually
placed Atlantis somewhere on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
With the invention of deep
submersibles, the bottom of the North and South Atlantic have been mapped and
their topography is now well known. The history of these oceanic floors is
preserved in a succession of lava flows associated with the movement of tectonic
plates. In other words, we're pretty sure that there is no sunken continent on
these ocean floors. The same mapping has revealed recent changes in the
habitable areas along the oceanic coastlines. Stone structures and a pyramid lie
just off the coast of Bimany. Submerged forests have recently been found off the
coastline of America's Northwest. Petroglyphs in Hawaii, carved into stone, are
now covered by meters of the Pacific Ocean-- evidence of a lower ocean level. So
while there is yet no sunken Atlantis, there does appear to be evidence of some
dramatic changes to both the ocean levels and climates in our planet's recent
history.
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It began as a search for
Atlantis. But Charles Hapgood's discovery of our shifting planet is perhaps more
profound. If his data is correct, we've got to face some unsettling facts about
our Earth's past and-- and more importantly-- our future.
