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Philippe Buache · 1737

Two southern lands. A sea between them. Hypothesis drawn as if it were a survey.

OPERATIONAL MYTH DOCUMENTED

BUACHE · southern lands hypothesis · schematic one continent today West land East land interior sea / strait S Buache presented theoretical geography — still gold for “what if the ice hid a channel” pair with subglacial lakes + corridor thinking
EXHIBIT NOTES
  • Idea — Antarctica (or Terra Australis) as two masses split by water.
  • Later myth use — “under-ice channel,” two-island reconstructions, Hapgood citations.
  • Documented stance — speculative cartography of its century; not a modern survey.
SIETCH READ
  • Strait = logistics fantasy: sea-lane through the white.
  • Two masses = East / West ops theaters for Mandate phases.
  • Engineering echo: subglacial hydrology networks already link interior water.

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