{"product_id":"templars-in-america-the-secret-legacy-of-voyages-to-america-before-columbus-9781637480120","title":"Templars in America: The Secret Legacy of Voyages to America Before Columbus","description":"\u003cb\u003eUsing archival and archaeological sources two historians reveal the hidden history of the Knights Templar and their travels to America in pre-Columbian America and their influence on the Founding Fathers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTemplars in America \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the story of two leading European Templar families who combined forces to create a new commonwealth in America nearly a century before the voyages of Christopher Columbus. Henry St. Clair of the Orkney Islands, then part of Normandy, and Carlo Zeno, a Venetian trader, made peaceful and mutually beneficial contact with the Mi'kmaq people of what is now Canada. Proof of their travels is carved in stone on both sides of the Atlantic and can be found in documentary evidence borne out by a strong oral tradition that has withstood the test of time. Historians Tim Wallace-Murphy and Marilyn Hopkins draw on archival and archaeological evidence to prove the Templar voyage. They then demonstrate how this early contact with the Americas ties into the centuries-long development of the Templars and Freemasonry, which in turn shaped the thinking of the founding fathers--and the American Constitution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wallace-Murphy and Hopkins also reveal the continuous history of American exploration from the time of ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, through the age of the Vikings. \u003ci\u003eTemplars in America\u003c\/i\u003e is a wild ride from the golden age of exploration to the founding of the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Page Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637480120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Tim Wallace-Murphy, Marilyn Hopkins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42835610796213,"sku":"9781637480120","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a026b82d-8588-44e9-a3c7-e1738caf885c.jpg?v=1681224175","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/templars-in-america-the-secret-legacy-of-voyages-to-america-before-columbus-9781637480120","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}