***Note that there are 4 main points here in this presentation, please see that list below.** When Spanish explorers first reached the Americas in the 16th century, they wrote some very interesting accounts of what they encountered, from giants in Patagonia to sprawling cities and borderline fairy tale imagery of the Amazon. Once the native peoples were so heavily wiped out by the Spanish Conquest, the cities were abandoned and within two centuries, by the 18th century when later Spaniards went to the Amazon, they encountered almost nothing more than jungle after jungle. This ERROR led to the thinking that the Amazon was some pristine wilderness that was never inhabited to a large extent, but NOTHING could be further from reality. Only today are the MASSIVE earth mound geoglyphs, pyramids, regular mounds, and more coming to light after much deforesting has taken place. BOTH sides here, the academics and the wilderness conservation groups were WRONG, because the Amazon was NEVER a "pristine wilderness" due to all of the former human habitation. Point # 1 -- Many so called "pristine wilderness areas" are used by POLITICAL conservationist groups to acquire funding for their organizations, even though MUCH evidence of former MAJOR civilization blows away the notion of "pristine wilderness." Point # 2 -- Once again a Smithsonian employee is used to COVER UP and try to "debunk" REAL history, in this case it is the infamous Betty Meggers who is used as the paid lackey. Point # 3 -- The reason written Spanish accounts differ from the 16th century so greatly from those two hundred years later in the 18th century, is because of how the Spanish Conquest wiped out so many natives and made them abandon their lands, so by the time two centuries passed, the jungle growth had covered once sprawling civilizations. After all, Machu Pichu itself was NEVER found by Spaniards due to jungle growth, so that alone is a solid example of how major cities can be covered by massive amounts of vegetation. Point # 4 -- Francisco de Orellana has been vindicated after all of this time, his 16th century accounts were CORRECT and it was later Spaniards in the 18th century who were WRONG. ***Note that this is clipped from the best part of the BBC Unnatural Histories episode of the Amazon. Video Tags : ancient, mysteries, Amazon, Conquistadors, Catholics, church, Spanish Conquest, Aztecs, Mayans, Cortes, Pizarro, Orellana, pyramids, ancient aliens, Peru, Andes Mountains, megaliths, South America, North America, Harold Wilkins, hollow earth, conspiracy, caverns, caves, cover up, NWO, New World Order, Illuminati, Mexico, Hueyatlaco, pyramids, Toltecs, Olmecs, Incans, Indians, Conquistadors, Cortez, Pizarro, Conquest, Mexico, Peru, Patagonia, El Dorado, Lost City of Z, lost civilizations, forbidden history, hidden history, archeology, anthropology, megalithic, Apocalypto

• published: 16 Jan 2014
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