The Dragon’s Tail! A Continent or a Ghost? January 24, 2014
Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval, Modern
La cola del dragón (the Tail of the Dragon), was a book published in 1990 by Paul Gallez (obit 2007), a Belgian/Argentinean historian. In this book Gallez alleged that a map by Martellus (obit 1496), dating to 1489 showed South America. If you are trying to understand why this should matter read the last sentence again: […]
A Celtic Tribe in Kazakhstan? July 29, 2011
Author: Beach Combing | in : Ancient
When Beach was still a green blogger – before he had learnt about spiders, search engine optimization and RSI feeds – he spat out a little post about a group of Celtic hoodlums who, as mercenaries, travelled around the Mediterranean causing havoc everywhere they went. Beach sold this as a Wrong Place post: an example […]
