This was most remarkable, for the navigators of the 16th century had no means of finding longitude except by guesswork. Hapgood found that it showed South America and Africa in correct relative longitudes.
In addition, Mallory’s opinion had been endorsed by the directors of the astronomical observatories at Boston College and Georgetown University.Īs a result of Mallory’s inquiry, Hapgood’s initial interest was focused on the Piri Reis Map. He said publicly that the map seemed to show Antarctica, before it was discovered, and, furthermore, the coast seemed to have been mapped when it was free of ice. Mallory had come across a copy of the Piri Reis Map, a world map compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer, Piri Reis. Hapgood became interested in the study of ancient maps after reading a book on the subject by Captain A.H Mallory, Lost America. It is clear too that they had an instrument of navigation for accurately determining longitudes that was far superior to anything possessed by the peoples of the ancient, medieval, or modern times until the second half of the 18th century. The evidence, he said, indicated that some ancient people explored Antarctica when its coasts were free of ice.
Hapgood began his book, Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings, by stating, after studying composite maps at least partially derived from ancient sources, that ancient voyagers traveled from pole to pole.
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