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The Azores Islands: their Relationship to Atlantis

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« on: July 29, 2012, 08:33:21 pm »

A Medici map of 1351 contained seven islands off the Portuguese coast which were arranged in groups of three. There was the southern group or the Goat Islands (Cabreras); there was the middle group or the Wind or Dove Islands (De Ventura Sive de Columbis); and there was the western island or the Brazil Island (De Brazil).

The Azores were known in the fourteenth century and can be seen incompletely, for example, in the Atlas Catalan of 1375. There were three Islands with the names of Corvo, Flores, and Sao Jorge. It was thought that maybe the Genovese may have discovered the Azores at that time and gave those names. A History of the Azores, written by Thomas Ashe in 1813, marks the discovery of the islands by Joshua Vander Berg of Bruges.[1] Vander Berg was said to have landed there during a storm on his way to Lisbon.[1] Ashe then claims that the Portuguese left to explore the area and claim it for Portugal shortly after.[1] This claim is generally discredited among academics today.

These stories and sightings indicate that there was some exploration occurring, or at least, the peoples of Europe had passing knowledge of islands in the Atlantic.
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