Why the North Pole looked like this on Old Maps

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Published 2023-08-29
Check out this map of the Arctic from the 16th century. There are four major land masses surrounding a polar sea with a massive magnetic rock in the center, called Rupes Nigra the Latin words for Black Rock.

Book Sources
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“The Phantom Atlas” - Edward Brooke-Hitching
"Half Moon" - Douglas Hunter
"A New World Voyager" - Edward Butts

RareMaps.com Sources
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1596 Geradus Mercator Arctic Map - www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/92479/first-state-…
1590 Petrus Plancius World Map - www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/75350/orbis-terrar…
1570 Ortelius First World Atlas - www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/94771/theatrum-orb…

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All Comments (21)
  • @GeographyGeek
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  • @mikeriv60
    The world's history is completely different from what we know as truth.
  • @taylenvila3915
    The original map is correct, there is a giant black rock at what we call the "North Pole." It's at the center of the world, that's why the company "Blackrock" named itself after it, it wants to be the center of our world.
  • @Inziagold
    Eden is the center of the map, where a river flows into the garden dividing into 4 rivers. It's right there in front of you.
  • @kingderald
    I remember seeing the North Pole with a large ice mass on maps covering it and now it’s not there anymore.
  • @user-ic4od7nv6y
    Blackrock... One of the biggest and most powerful companies in the world. BlackRock is a global investment management firm that was founded in 1988. The company's clients include governments, central banks, pension funds, and individuals. BlackRock is known for its expertise in asset allocation and risk management. With a total asset under management (AUM) of $10.1 trillion as of March 2023. There are also rumours that families like the Rothschilds have shares in Blackrock. We all know about the Rothschilds... Where did they get the idea for the name? Coincidence?
  • @teanmol
    How in heavens did I not come across this channel before! Your videos are exactly the kind I keep looking for but never quite find. Quite a misfit in what sells on YouTube but truly what I yearn for. Its got everything - maps, geography, history, culture, and most importantly - seemingly unfateful trivia! Thank you for this! Thank you! 🙏
  • @eazypeazy33
    I love looking at Maps with Lower sea levels.. you can see how much more land there was in there north.
  • I believe the old maps over the modern ones any day. These maps were clear detail of the land and what inhabitants were on them lands. Mysteriously modern day maps dramatically shrink Antartica.
  • @mrvampire41
    Like Augusta Picard, Jacques Cousteau's Father, saw from the Stratosphere in 1931. It's on the UN Flag. The Old Maps are correct. North Pole is the radius point of Earth. The Ice Wall is the Circumference/Circle of the Earth.
  • @Amiisunique
    a problem. if the region was purely based on romours, how did he charter the land in such precision and accordance to other maps of the time?
  • An Old Pirate/Viking tale said once said, a land far far away had 4 rivers, and 3 of them flows outward, and one inward.
  • @flouserschird
    Why is the North Pole blurred and censored on Satellite imagery?
  • @robertfarrow5853
    Ancient copies of even more ancient maps.from a time when continents, mountains were born and the sea levels were different by hundreds of feet. Before the waters came into the Mediterranean and made a sea , before the Caribbean sank under the waves leaving only islands . Before Australia was cut off by rising seas and Antarctica was verdant land.
  • @nightmaremoon369
    Be sure to check out the story of the Bock Saga by Ior Bock. The Central Core is Asgard and the rivers are also known as the Rivers of Atlantis. According to the Bock Saga, Atlantis was not an island, but a time period of people.The origins of many of today's countries are also discussed.
  • @Jtitor177
    I got to see an original copy of this map by a map collector years ago! Was amazing to see in person!!!