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| '''Charles Hutchins Hapgood''' (] – ]) was an ] academician, and one of the best known advocates of a ]. Hapgood received a master's degree from ] in ] in medieval and modern ]. His Ph.D. work on the ] was interrupted by the ]. He taught for a year in ], directed a community center in ], and served as the Executive Secretary of ]'s Crafts Commission. During ], Hapgood worked for the COI (which later became the ] (OSS) and the ] (CIA)), then for the ], and finally served as a liaison officer between the ] and the Office of the Secretary of the War. | '''Charles Hutchins Hapgood''' (] – December ]) was an ] academician, and one of the best known advocates of a ]. Hapgood received a master's degree from ] in ] in medieval and modern ]. His Ph.D. work on the ] was interrupted by the ]. He taught for a year in ], directed a community center in ], and served as the Executive Secretary of ]'s Crafts Commission. During ], Hapgood worked for the COI (which later became the ] (OSS) and the ] (CIA)), then for the ], and finally served as a liaison officer between the ] and the Office of the Secretary of the War. | ||
| After ], Hapgood taught history at ] in ]. A student question one day about the ] led to a class project to investigate ]. This led to an investigation of possible ways that massive earth changes could occur, including the sensationalistic theories of ]. | After ], Hapgood taught history at ] in ]. A student question one day about the ] led to a class project to investigate ]. This led to an investigation of possible ways that massive earth changes could occur, including the sensationalistic theories of ]. | ||
| In 1958 Hapgood published his first book, ''The Earth's Shifting Crust''. The Foreword to this was written by ], shortly before his death in 1955. In this book, and two successive books, ''Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings'' (1966) and ''The Path of the Pole'' (]), Hapgood proposed the radical theory that the Earth's axis has shifted numerous times during geological history. This theory is not widely accepted by orthodox geologists. | In 1958 Hapgood published his first book, ''The Earth's Shifting Crust''. The Foreword to this was written by ], shortly before his death in 1955. In this book, and two successive books, ''Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings'' (1966) and ''The Path of the Pole'' (]), Hapgood proposed the radical theory that the Earth's axis has shifted numerous times during geological history. This theory is not widely accepted by orthodox geologists. | ||
| Hapgood also became an advocate for alleged ] Elwood Babbitt. | |||
| Hapgood died as a result of being struck by an automobile. | |||
| Hapgood's protege, ], who engaged in an extended correspondence with Hapgood, greatly expanded Hapgood's work and developed his own theories in the 1995 book, ''When the Sky Fell''. | Hapgood's protege, ], who engaged in an extended correspondence with Hapgood, greatly expanded Hapgood's work and developed his own theories in the 1995 book, ''When the Sky Fell''. | ||
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| Hapgood's ''Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings'' used numerous archival maps, including the ], which he claims show a vast southern continent roughly similar to ] in shape, to propose that a 15 degree pole shift occurred around 9,600 B.C. (aprox. 11.600 years ago), and that a part of the Antarctic was ice-free at that time. By implication an ] civilization could have mapped the coast at that point in time. | Hapgood's ''Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings'' used numerous archival maps, including the ], which he claims show a vast southern continent roughly similar to ] in shape, to propose that a 15 degree pole shift occurred around 9,600 B.C. (aprox. 11.600 years ago), and that a part of the Antarctic was ice-free at that time. By implication an ] civilization could have mapped the coast at that point in time. | ||
| ==Bibliography== | == Bibliography == | ||
| * ''Earth's Shifting Crust: A Key to Some Basic Problems of Earth Science'' |
* Hapgood, Charles Hutchins; ''Earth's Shifting Crust: A Key to Some Basic Problems of Earth Science'' (]). Foreward by Albert Einstein. | ||
| ⚫ | * ''Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings: Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Age''; 1966; 1997 Paperback Reprint Edition, ], ISBN 0-932813-42-9. | ||
| * Hapgood, Charles Hutchins; ''Great Mysteries of the Eart'' (]). | |||
| ⚫ | * ''The Path of the Pole''; 1968; 1999 Paperback edition, Adventures Unlimited Press, ISBN 0-932813-71-2. | ||
| * Hapgood, Charles Hutchins; ''Piri Reis map of 1513'' (]). | |||
| ⚫ | * ''When the Sky Fell'' |
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| ⚫ | * Hapgood, Charles Hutchins; ''Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings: Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Age''; 1966; 1997 Paperback Reprint Edition, ], ISBN 0-932813-42-9. | ||
| ⚫ | * ''The Atlantis Blueprint'' |
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| ⚫ | * Hapgood, Charles Hutchins; ''The Path of the Pole''; 1968; 1999 Paperback edition, Adventures Unlimited Press, ISBN 0-932813-71-2. | ||
| * Hapgood, Charles Hutchins; ''Voices of spirit : through the psychic experience of Elwood Babbitt'' (]) ISBN 0-440059-83-6. | |||
| * Babbitt, Elwood, with Charles Hutchins Hapgood (editor); ''Talks with Christ and his teachers : through the psychic gift of Elwood Babbitt'' (]). | |||
| * Babbitt, Elwood, with Charles Hutchins Hapgood (editor); ''God Within, A Testament of Vishnu''. | |||
| ⚫ | * Flem-Ath, Rand; ''When the Sky Fell'' (]) ]. | ||
| ⚫ | * Flem-Ath, Rand, and ]; ''The Atlantis Blueprint'' (]) ], ]. | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| * ] | * ] | ||
| ==External links== | == External links == | ||
| * On Piri Reis and Oronteus maps claim to show Antarctica | * On Piri Reis and Oronteus maps claim to show Antarctica | ||
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Charles Hutchins Hapgood (1904 – December 1982) was an American academician, and one of the best known advocates of a Pole shift theory. Hapgood received a master's degree from Harvard University in 1932 in medieval and modern History. His Ph.D. work on the French Revolution was interrupted by the Great Depression. He taught for a year in Vermont, directed a community center in Provincetown, and served as the Executive Secretary of Franklin Roosevelt's Crafts Commission. During World War II, Hapgood worked for the COI (which later became the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)), then for the Red Cross, and finally served as a liaison officer between the White House and the Office of the Secretary of the War.
After World War II, Hapgood taught history at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. A student question one day about the Lost Continent of Mu led to a class project to investigate Atlantis. This led to an investigation of possible ways that massive earth changes could occur, including the sensationalistic theories of Hugh Auchincloss Brown.
In 1958 Hapgood published his first book, The Earth's Shifting Crust. The Foreword to this was written by Albert Einstein, shortly before his death in 1955. In this book, and two successive books, Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings (1966) and The Path of the Pole (1970), Hapgood proposed the radical theory that the Earth's axis has shifted numerous times during geological history. This theory is not widely accepted by orthodox geologists.
Hapgood also became an advocate for alleged medium Elwood Babbitt.
Hapgood died as a result of being struck by an automobile.
Hapgood's protege, Rand Flem-Ath, who engaged in an extended correspondence with Hapgood, greatly expanded Hapgood's work and developed his own theories in the 1995 book, When the Sky Fell.
Hapgood's Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings used numerous archival maps, including the Piri Reis Map, which he claims show a vast southern continent roughly similar to Antarctica in shape, to propose that a 15 degree pole shift occurred around 9,600 B.C. (aprox. 11.600 years ago), and that a part of the Antarctic was ice-free at that time. By implication an ice-age civilization could have mapped the coast at that point in time.
Bibliography
- Hapgood, Charles Hutchins; Earth's Shifting Crust: A Key to Some Basic Problems of Earth Science (1958). Foreward by Albert Einstein.
- Hapgood, Charles Hutchins; Great Mysteries of the Eart (1960).
- Hapgood, Charles Hutchins; Piri Reis map of 1513 (1962).
- Hapgood, Charles Hutchins; Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings: Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Age; 1966; 1997 Paperback Reprint Edition, Adventures Unlimited Press, ISBN 0-932813-42-9.
- Hapgood, Charles Hutchins; The Path of the Pole; 1968; 1999 Paperback edition, Adventures Unlimited Press, ISBN 0-932813-71-2.
- Hapgood, Charles Hutchins; Voices of spirit : through the psychic experience of Elwood Babbitt (1975) ISBN 0-440059-83-6.
- Babbitt, Elwood, with Charles Hutchins Hapgood (editor); Talks with Christ and his teachers : through the psychic gift of Elwood Babbitt (1981).
- Babbitt, Elwood, with Charles Hutchins Hapgood (editor); God Within, A Testament of Vishnu.
- Flem-Ath, Rand; When the Sky Fell (1995) St. Martin's Press.
- Flem-Ath, Rand, and Colin Wilson; The Atlantis Blueprint (2000) Time Warner, Little, Brown and Company.
See also
External links
- Debunking article On Piri Reis and Oronteus maps claim to show Antarctica