Pirates and the Lost Templar Fleet: The Secret Naval War Between the Knights Templar and the Vatican (Paperback)

by David Hatcher Childress (Author)

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"This is a swashbuckling talethat takes us behind the linesto witness highlights of a secret history that has shaped the world..." -- Nexus, December 2003.

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Childress takes us into the fascinating world of maverick sea captains who were Knights Templars and later Scottish Rite Free Masons who battled the Vatican and the Spanish and Italian ships that sailed for the Pope. This Lost Templar Fleet was originally based at La Rochelle in southern France but fled to the deep fjords of Scotland. This banned fleet of ships was later commanded by the St. Clair family of Rosslyn Chapel (birth place of Free Masonry). St Clair and his Templar made a voyage to Canada in the year 1298 AD, nearly 100 years before Columbus! Later, this fleet of ships and new ones to come, flew the Skull and Cross Bones, the symbol of the Knights Templar. They preyed on the ships of the Vatican coming from the rich ports of the Americas and were ultimately known as the Pirates of the Caribbean. Topics include: 10,000 Years of Seafaring: Secret Society of Navigators; King Solomonis Phoenician Navy; The Assassins, Templars & the Decapitation Strike; The Knights Templar and Their Fleet; The Rivalry Between the Knights of Malta and the Knights Templar; The Suppression of the Templars; The Lost Templar Fleet and the Origins of the Pirates; Pirates and the War Against the Vatican; Pirate Utopias and the New Jerusalem.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press; illustrated edition edition (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931882185
• ISBN-13: 978-1931882187
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #592,435 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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30 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What happened to these ships and their treasures?, February 9, 2004

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Pirates & The Lost Templar Fleet: The Secret Naval War Between The Knights Templar & The Vatican by David Hatcher Childress is an informed and informative study, an impressive history which opens new interpretations and possibilities between the lines of the official records. When the Templars were disbanded by papal order in 1307, their great fleet disappeared from its base at La Rochelle. What happened to these ships and their treasures? Pirates & The Lost Templar Fleet explores a number of fascinating possible theories, including the hypothesis that some Templars reached Canada 100 years before Columbus -- who perhaps had Templar maps in his possession when he set sail. Black-and-white illustrations embellish this amazing and iconoclastic study and theoretical reconstruction of the unknown. Also very highly recommended are three other thematically related titles from Adventures Unlimited Press: The History Of The Knights Templar; The Tamplars' Legacy In Montreal, The New Jerusalem; and Nostradamus And The Lost Templar Legacy.

18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Rehashed, and not really anything new, July 27, 2004

By	TemplarMason (Ogden, UT) - See all my reviews

I came to this book thinking that I would find some link between the Knights Templar and Pirates, but boy was I looking in the wrong place. The author had maybe 20 pages of new stuff and the rest of the book was a rehash on every other Templar Treasure book out there. And then just to piss you off, he never gives you any evidence that the Templars were in fact the Pirates. Do yourself a favor and go read the 20 pages about the pirates in a bookstore and save some cash.

20 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Repetitive and unrevealing, September 12, 2004

By	J. Hamlin (Round Rock, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is typical of Childress' books--mildly entertaining, but ultimately vaccuous. Chldress gives credence to every half-baked rumor and legend while failing to provide any level of decent support for his basic premise. If you're soldiered through his some of his other books you'll find material virtually rehashed word for word. If you like a collage of hodge podge stories and fabrications, you'll have fun enough but don't expect much in the way of substance.