{"product_id":"2026100010558-secondhand-maps-of-the-ancient-sea-kings-evidence-of-advanced-civilization-in-the-ice-age","title":"Maps Of The Ancient Sea Kings: Evidence Of Advanced Civilization In The Ice Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if the maps that guided history's greatest explorers were themselves copies of something far older — charts drawn by a vanished civilization of astonishing sophistication? Charles H. Hapgood's landmark work, Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings, presents one of the most provocative arguments in the history of cartography: that a series of medieval and Renaissance-era maps, including the famous Piri Re'is map of 1513, contain geographical detail — accurate coastlines of Antarctica, precise latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates — that could only have been produced by a seafaring civilization predating any known to history, one that flourished during the Ice Age. With the methodical rigour of a scholar and the tenacity of a detective, Hapgood marshals cartographic evidence, mathematical analysis, and historical testimony to construct a compelling case that rewrites the timeline of human achievement.\n\nMaps of the Ancient Sea Kings stands as a foundational text in the literature of alternative history and unconventional archaeology, inspiring decades of debate among historians, geographers, and enthusiasts of lost civilizations. Hapgood's prose is measured and precise, grounding its extraordinary claims in careful, documented analysis rather than sensationalism — a quality that earned the work a foreword from no less a figure than Albert Einstein. The book challenges the comfortable assumption that advanced knowledge is the exclusive province of recorded civilization, leaving the reader to wonder what other chapters of human history remain buried beneath the ice and the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50813025616091,"sku":"2026100010558-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/23d3f34b-f2ea-4ae7-9b2d-0465a8cca558.png?v=1792371768","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100010558-secondhand-maps-of-the-ancient-sea-kings-evidence-of-advanced-civilization-in-the-ice-age","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}