The History of Ancient America, Anterior to the Time of Columbus: Proving the Identity of the Aborigines with the Tyrians and Israelites; and the Introduction of Christianity into the Western Hemisphere By The Apostle St. ThomasJones, George
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The History of Ancient America, Anterior to the Time of Columbus: Proving the Identity of the Aborigines with the Tyrians and Israelites; and the Introduction of Christianity into the Western Hemisphere By The Apostle St. Thomas
Jones, George
America -- Antiquities; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Phoenician; Indians -- Origin
In order to give a perfect illustration to the following remarks, and
to the extracts from Scripture, a full elucidation of the celebrated
"East-Wind" will be required, not only for the general reader, but for
the advancement of this work. To facilitate the explanations, the
reader should have before him a Map of the Atlantic Ocean (or a
terrestrial globe), and observe where the Equator, or the equinoctial
line, crosses the waters from the continent of Africa to that of
America. It will be found to cross the shore of Nazareth Bay (Gulf of
Guinea) on Africa,--and Jones' Land (at the mouth of the river Amazon)
on America. This line (of course) passes around the entire globe. The
reader will then trace 30 degrees of latitude from that line, both
towards the North and the South Pole. Towards the _North_ Pole the
line of 30 degrees (crossing the Atlantic) touches at the point of the
kingdom of Morocco on Africa, _enclosing within that line the
Fortunate Isles_ (_i. e._ the Canaries): on America it touches at St.
Augustine,--_enclosing within the same line all of Florida_. The two
sentences in Italics will be referred to in the subsequent pages.
Towards the _South_ Pole the line of 30 degrees touches at the minor
Namquois river on Africa, and at Tramaday on the American Continent.
Now between these 60 degrees,--the Equator forming the centre,--_there
is a_ PERPETUAL EAST-WIND _blowing_ FROM _Africa across the Atlantic_
TO _America_, and so around the Earth,--from East to West on our
diurnal, and West to East on our nocturnal hemisphere.
This current of air has been called in modern times--the _Trade_
Wind,--a name evidently derived from the facility given by it to
commercial intercourse, from Europe, Africa and India, with Central
South America, and the West India Islands. It is, however, in the
Bible always mentioned as the _East-Wind_, and as a proof of the truth
of Scriptural record, (apart from its Religion) wherever a city or
place is stated to have been effected by this East-Wind, _it will be
found to be within the 60 degrees_ (as detailed above) on Asia or
Africa! Thus Science will support Scriptural record, although some
writers have hazarded the contrary assertion. This ancient phenomenon
(which is now explained by Science) must have been encountered by the
Tyrians during this celebrated voyage, and is alluded to by the
Prophet EZEKIEL,--as will be shewn in proof that this expedition was
accomplished.
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