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THE SEARCH FOR KING SOLOMON’S TREASURE SOURCEBOOK
charting
the periplus
of the
erythaean sea [17]
ASIA
IN THE FIRST CENTURY MINDSET
EUROPE
Compare to Maps on Previous Page.
Mediterr
anean S
ea
Israel
Eziongeber
ea
dS
Re
Red Sea
port
tropic of cancer
INDIA
GANGES
RIVER
THIS AREA
EXPLORED BY
THE PERIPLUS
CREW
NOTE: Quotes in order of the arrows beginning
North of China. Tropic of Cancer is an approximation.
“After these, the course turns toward the
east again, and sailing with the ocean to
the right and the shore remaining beyond
to the left, Ganges comes into view, and
near it the very last land toward the east”
“After this region under
the very north (likely
Tropic of Cancer), the
sea outside ending in a
land called This.” [China]
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SOUTH
SAUDI
ARABIA
AFRICA
CHINA
Map Created By Timothy Schwab ©2020.
“And just opposite this river there is an
island in the ocean...”
(What island is East of the Ganges?
Not a peninsula but an island.
The Philippines in their mindset.)
Tyre
“...the last part of the
inhabited world toward
the east, under the
rising sun itself...”
NOTE: The Periplus author explored the coast of India to the Ganges
and did not find Chryse there but describes it further East. He did
journey beyond the Ganges and never calls Chryse a peninsula but
an island thus the Malay Peninsula is erroneous.
this area
missing from
most
first century
maps
JAPAN
land of
the
rising sun
SEA OUTSIDE OF
CHINA UNDER THE
RISING SUN
very north
CHRYSE
OPHIR
PHILIPPINES
land of
the
morning
Most cartographers and
historians melt India bleeding
into China. Indochina and
Malaysia are not even there.
This must be taken into
account in order to interpret.
SRI LANKA
(TAPROBANE)
Indian Ocean
our interpretation of the first century mindset:
OUR EXPLANATION OF MELA’S PERSPECTIVE: (SEE [16] FOR MELA’S WRITTEN DIRECTIONS)
charting
NOTE: Quotes in order of the arrows beginning in China.
pomponius mela
chryse & argyre [16]
“Between Colis [southeastern tip of
Asia/Malay Peninsula] and Tamus
[China’] the coast runs straight.”
(The isles by Indochina–Philippine Isles.)
IN THE FIRST CENTURY MINDSET
anean S
ea
(No such isles are found at the mouth of the actual
Ganges only the perceived one. We will cover the
Philippines is recorded with gold close to the surface.)
Israel
AFRICA
Eziongeber
d
Re
Red Sea
port
Map Created By Timothy Schwab ©2020.
“According to olden writers,
(unknown lost Greek works)
the soil of the former consists of gold,
that of the latter is of silver...”
Tyre
Mediterr
ASIA
Compare to Map on Previous Page.
EUROPE
INDIA
SAUDI
ARABIA
GANGES
RIVER
Sea
NOTE: First century maps often render the Ganges
in Indochina emptying into the South China Sea. This
is because they do not draw Malaysia nor Indochina
typically and confuse the area. Argyre is usually located
right near the mouth of their drawing of the Ganges which
is the South China Sea not the Indian Ocean.
Page 22 | Ancient Philippine History. Gilded in Gold.
SRI LANKA
(TAPROBANE)
Indian Ocean
“...in the vicinity of
the Ganges that of
Argyre.”
(Still Philippines)
“In the vicinity of Tamus [China]
is the island of Chryse;”
(The Malay Peninsula is not in
the vicinity of China nor an isle)
CHINA
this area
missing from
most
first century
maps
ISLES
BETWEEN
MALAY TIP
& CHINA
PHILIPPINES
CHRYSE
OPHIR
Most cartographers and
historians melt India bleeding
into China. Indochina and
Malaysia are not even there.
This must be taken into
account in order to interpret.
©2020 Timothy Schwab, Anna Zamoranos.
18. World Map of Pomponius Mela, 43 A.D. rotated for north up and be comparable with
modern maps. Reconstruction by Konrad Miller (reconstructed in 1898). modified version of
File:Karte Pomponius Mela.jpg; form Mappae Mundi Bd. Vi. “Rekonstruierte Karten”, Tafel 7.
Public Domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karte_Pomponius_Mela_rotated.jpg
