The Lost Colony of the Templars: Verrazano's Secret Mission to

The Lost Colony of the Templars: Verrazano's Secret Mission to America

Reveals the existence of a Templar colony in the New World and how the explorer Verrazano, also a member of a secret society, attempted to reestablish contact with it

â€¢ Explores Columbusâ€™s connection to Henry Sinclairâ€™s maps of the New World

â€¢ Examines the secret alliance of Catholic Sulpicians and French Huguenots to preserve the Templar legacy

â€¢ Reveals the hidden knowledge preserved in the Templar baptisteries found throughout Europe and in Newport, Rhode Island

In 1524 the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano was sent by the French king Francis I on an expedition ostensibly to find a shorter route to China. However, his true mission, Steven Sora suggests, was to contact a Templar colony that might have been established in Newport, Rhode Island, by Henry Sinclair at the end of the 14th century. In his expedition log Verrazano recorded that his only stay on this journey was at Newport Harbor, the site of a tower built to the exact measurements of a Templar baptistery, a sacred sanctuary representing baptism and eternal life.

This tower is a remnant of Sinclairâ€™s voyage to America nearly a century before that of Columbus (who had access to Sinclairâ€™s maps thanks to his wife, who was Sinclairâ€™s great-granddaughter). While Verrazanoâ€™s mission succeeded in finding the tower, the colony itself eluded him. His backers then decided to resurrect the dream of Acadia--a place where they could aspire to higher knowledge without fear of Church or state--by creating a new Secret Society that included Huguenots and Catholic Sulpicians. This Company of the Holy Sacrament would lay the foundations for Montreal in an attempt to realize the ambitions of Sinclair and his Templar companions, as well as to stave off efforts by the Jesuits to transform Quebec into a fiefdom of the orthodox Church. Quebecâ€™s motto, â€œJe me souviensâ€ (I remember), is a reference to this secret history.
Country USA
Brand Destiny Books
Manufacturer Destiny Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781594770197
ReleaseDate 2004-10-27
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781594770197

Country	USA
Brand	Destiny Books
Manufacturer	Destiny Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781594770197
ReleaseDate	2004-10-27
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781594770197

The Lost Colony of the Templars: Verrazano's Secret Mission to America

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