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Francis Drake globe could help rewrite history of B.C. Daniel Palmer News staff
A former provincial heritage minister is irate after the Royal B.C. Museum backed out of an agreement to exhibit evidence that, if true, would upend B.C.’s history books. For the past three years, Sam Bawlf has been lobbying the government to digitize and display a Molyneux globe, a 415-year-old map created after Sir Francis Drake’s voyage around the world from 1577 to 1580. Bawlf purports the globe proves Drake was the first European to visit what is now British Columbia in 1579, nearly 200 years before Captain James Cook dropped anchor off Vancouver Island. “Call it a 400-year-old Google Earth,” he said. Bawlf, a former Victoria-area resident now living on Salt Spring Island, spent three years securing provincial and federal commitments to digitize the globe – currently held by a private organization in London, England – for Canadian scholarly study. But the museum backed out of the agreement in January, citing a lack of academic scrutiny on the controversial evidence. “I absolutely agree with Mr. Bawlf that this needs to be presented to the Canadian public,” said Jack Lohman, the museum’s CEO. “But we’re not in the business of authenticating academic research.” Bawlf contends he didn’t ask the museum to authenticate his work, which is presented in his
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A 415-year-old map held in London depicting coastal B.C. could prove Sir Francis Drake was the first European to travel and map to this part of the world, predating Captain James Cook. 2003 book, The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake. If Drake was the first European to reach this part of North America, as Bawlf claims, it could be a sticking point in aboriginal land treaties throughout the coastal areas. The date of first contact with First Nations is a key reference point to all claims of aboriginal rights and title. “When you move that date by 200 years, it’s very significant,” Bawlf said. He noted it would be impossible for such accurate detail to be depicted on Molyneux’s globe without direct observation of the coastline by someone familiar with measuring latitude and compass bearings. Bawlf’s theory has yet to gain a foothold in common history
and needs to establish credibility through academic peer reviews, but has been praised by several established geographical scholars. In response to Bawlf’s requests earlier this year, cultural development minister Ida Chong authorized half of the $30,000 required by Library and Archives Canada to digitize the globe. But without RBCM support, the federal archive has backed out of the agreement. “So now we have the money sitting there ... and we just want to get on with it,” Bawlf said, adding the remaining $15,000 has been put up by a private business. Even with the money, the project can’t go ahead without being facilitated by Archives Canada. Chong’s office confirmed $15,000 had been issued and said the RBCM would “assist Mr. Bawlf in his project to digitize and to bring the globe to Victoria in the future.” Bawlf wants the province to intervene and force the museum to present the globe and his evidence, but OFF the ministry did not Receive ONE indicate it would take further action. “The public have When purchasing another of equal value. Sittings at 11 am and 1 pm. a right to know what Coupon must be presented when ordering. Expires Sept. 2, 2012. Reservations appreciated. Not valid with other discounts. happened to the projLIMIT 2 PER TABLE OR GROUP. ect ... we’ve hit a wall,” 1520 McKenzie Ave. (corner of Cedar Hill & McKenzie) Bawlf said. (250) 721-2188 dpalmer@vicnews.com H
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