History professor who proposed crustal displacement theory and analyzed the Piri Reis map (1904-1982) Explore their theories, books, and contributions t...
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Credentials: MA Medieval and Modern History, Harvard University; Professor of History, Keene State College
American professor of history at Keene State College in New Hampshire, best known for his theories of crustal displacement and his analysis of the Piri Reis map. Hapgood proposed that the Earth's crust could undergo rapid shifts, moving entire continents to new positions relative to the poles, and that the Piri Reis map of 1513 depicted the coastline of Antarctica free of ice, suggesting it was...
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