Uncharted, Tim WallaceMurphy
Uncharted, Tim WallaceMurphy
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Uncharted
A Rediscovered History of Voyages to the Americas Before Columbus

Author: Tim Wallace-Murphy, James Martin

Narrator: Nigel Patterson

Unabridged: 6 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/01/2023


Synopsis

The Americas have had native groups living there for more than ten thousand years, but Columbus was surely not their first visitors. Uncharted covers a range of cultures who seemingly have been visiting the Americas since long before Columbus. Evidence is explored of potential Roman and Phoenician shipwrecks off the coast of South America through to Celtic and Norse exploration of Northern America. Put simply, the history of the discovery of the North America is all wrong. How did the Knights Templar influence the discovery of the new world? What do the Sinclair family, Rosslyn chapel, and two venetian brothers have to do with the discovery of a new continent? How did the Vikings navigate their way? With source materials dating back through millennia, including very recent finds, this book will induce you to thought about a side of history still so readily dismissed by some.

Uncharted tackles the evidence and stories of visiting distant lands that abound from many cultures, such the Egyptian, Greeks, Celts, Vikings, as well as various people from Asia; and one large Chinese group likely settled in the Americas in 100 BC, which current DNA evidence supports. Columbus should be remembered, but remembered for the conquering tyrant he was. These other groups did not come to conquer, but to trade, explore, and escape.

About Tim Wallace-Murphy

Tim Wallace-Murphy (1930-2019) studied medicine at University College, Dublin, and then qualified as a psychologist; he then became an author, lecturer, and historian. He has written more than a dozen books, including The Mark of the Beast (with Trevor Ravenscroft), Rex Deus, and Rosslyn: Guardian of the Secrets of the Holy Grail. This last book provided invaluable source material to Dan Brown for his bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code. Tim was a dedicated supporter of the restoration and preservation of Rosslyn Chapel, near Edinburgh, Scotland, undertaking excavations and field work with a team of like-minded people, whom would become lifelong friends.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nathan on August 15, 2023

Uncharted: A Rediscovered History Of Voyages To The Americas Before Columbus, by Tim Wallace-Murphy and James Martin For many years now I have been aware of the ubiquity of stories about the various missions of trade and exploration that have involved the Precolumbian world, and this book joins the w......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on April 04, 2023

Uncharted takes you on a journey through the Americas and the impacts that were felt around the globe, from ancient times through Columbus. It was an interesting read, and as a historian, it opened some questions that I had not considered before. I am interested in doing some further research and see......more