{"id":18171,"date":"2012-09-02T07:02:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-02T06:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/?p=18171"},"modified":"2025-12-12T08:17:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T08:17:16","slug":"munster-sebastian-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/munster-sebastian-n\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00fcnster, Sebastian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sebastian <\/strong><strong>M\u00fcnster (1488-1552) <\/strong>was a German Franciscan priest and important cartographer who<a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Sebastian-Mmunster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-37277\" src=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Sebastian-Mmunster-1-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Sebastian-Mmunster-1-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Sebastian-Mmunster-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a> was the first, in 1540, to show the two Americas joined to each other but unconnected to any other landmass<sup>(d)<\/sup>. Under the word \u2018Orbis\u2019 in South America is written \u201cInsula Atlantica\u201d which simply means \u2018Island of Atlantic\u2019, but is claimed by some<sup>(a)<\/sup> to mean \u2018Atlantis Island\u2019!\u00a0 Among supporters of this interpretation is Jim Allen<sup>(b)<\/sup>, the leading proponent of \u2018Atlantis in Bolivia\u2019 theory and others, such as Dieter Groben, who seek to capitalise on his theory.<sup>(c)<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><sup>(a)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.agefotostock.com\/en\/Stock-Images\/Rights-Managed\/IAM-020503 (link broken)<\/p>\n<p><sup>(b)<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200306064759\/http:\/\/www.atlantisbolivia.org\/atlantisboliviapart3.htm\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200306064759\/http:\/\/www.atlantisbolivia.org\/atlantisboliviapart3.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><sup>(c)<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20191019101302\/http:\/groben-turismo.com\/en\/atlantis-en.html\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20191019101302\/http:\/groben-turismo.com\/en\/atlantis-en.html<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0&amp; \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/archive-3469\/\">https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/archive-3469\/<\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><sup>(d)<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Map_of_America_by_Sebastian_Munster.JPG\">https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Map_of_America_by_Sebastian_Munster.JPG<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sebastian M\u00fcnster (1488-1552) was a German Franciscan priest and important cartographer who was the first, in 1540, to show the two Americas joined to each other but unconnected to any other landmass(d). Under the word \u2018Orbis\u2019 in South America is written \u201cInsula Atlantica\u201d which simply means \u2018Island of Atlantic\u2019, but is claimed by some(a) to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[44,1343,1342,178,1341],"class_list":["post-18171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bolivia","tag-dieter-groben","tag-insula-atlantica","tag-jim-allen","tag-sebastian-munster"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18171"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65597,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18171\/revisions\/65597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}