A flat earth map manuscript rumored to have appeared about 100 years ago, where this news became a hot conversation in Honolulu at that time. And now, re-sticking out, the manuscripts recounted in a newspaper again become big questions and debates about the shape of the Earth. Most interestingly, the flat earth map manuscripts described depict not only the continent, but other continents beyond the circle of the earth.
In a news published in the Hawaiian Gazette on Friday, January 11, 1907, mentions that a flat earth map manuscript has been found in Copper Cylinder. This manuscript is regarded as a copy of the map that comes from the Buddhist Temple in the mountains of Central Japan. The most interesting explanation in the news came from Dr. Kobayashi, a renowned Japanese physician and surgeon in Honolulu. He mentioned that he had received a copy of a map believed to have been created by Chinese imams some 10 centuries ago.
Flat Earth Map Manuscript
It is clearly illustrated that the map in principle projects Mercator to point to the North Pole as the center of the circle. While the arc around it describes the continents of North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Kobayashi explained, the map was found by his brother in a Japanese temple in the mountains of Japan. At least it had been augmented from the modern Japanese government, the issue at that time that the map would be destroyed by the Tlic authorities.
According to him, the manuscript was the original map brought from China by a Buddhist monk and kept in the temple for hundreds of years. Kobayashi's siblings are consumptive, he does not want to consume any medicine that Kobayashi may give. So decided to go to the mountains and try to heal himself with traditional medicine. For ten years he was there and used divine power to heal himself.
While in the mountains, he discovers an ancient map manuscript depicting that the earth is flat. Plain images with beautiful bow maps are considered Japanese art, no book explains this geography. This art depicts the period of cherry blossoms, Fujiyama, where the beautiful blue sea is adorned with screens and canoes and strange images of Japanese women. It seems that flat earth map manuscripts have been designed based on the culture and culture of the time.
At that time Kobayashi claimed to have all the original pieces of masnukrip, and plans to be returned to Japan. He also plans to publish an overview of flat earth map manuscripts in a novel. But until now, there is no trace at all where and where the original manuscript. Or maybe Dr. Kobayashi has canceled publishing a novel explaining the flat earth map manuscript?
Reference
The Hawaiian Gazette. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]), 11 Jan. 1907. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.