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Studies of monuments and petroglyphs of the Megalithic Culture in Western Europe suggest that all islands in the Atlantic were discovered at a much earlier date than generally believed. This suspicion is confirmed by archaeological finds on these islands as well as in the Americas. According to the petroglyphs of Loughcrew, Co. Meath, Ireland (and Dissignac, Brittany, France), the Archipelago of the Azores was discovered c.3600 BC (± 100). The Tumulus of Gavrinis in Brittany is the most important monument celebrating this discovery. During three centuries, until c.3300 BC, these were the westernmost islands of the then known world. The three island groups with its 2+5+2= 9 islands is one of the most important subjects in “megalithic art”, both before and after the discovery of America, in c.2600 BC.[1][2][3][4][5]
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- ^ De Jonge, R.M., and Wakefield, J.S., The Discovery of the Atlantic Islands, Ancient American, Vol.13, No.81, pgs.18-25 (2008)[1]
- ^ De Jonge, R.M., and Wakefield, J.S., The Passage Grave of Karleby, Encoding the Islands Discovered in the Ocean, c. 2950 BC, Migration & Diffusion, Vol.5, No.18, pgs.64-74 (2004)[2]
- ^ De Jonge, R.M., and IJzereef, G.F., De Stenen Spreken, Kosmos Z & K, Utrecht/ Antwerpen, 1996 (ISBN 90-215-2846-0) (Dutch)
- ^ De Jonge, R.M., and Wakefield, J.S., How the Sungod Reached America, c.2500 BC, A Guide to Megalithic Sites, MCS Inc., Wa, USA, 2002 (ISBN 0-917054-19-9)[3]
- ^ Wakefield, J.S., and De Jonge, R.M., Rocks & Rows, Sailing Routes across the Atlantic and the Copper Trade, MCS Inc., Wa, USA, 2010 (ISBN 0-917054-20-2) [4]