The Lost Colony of the Templars: Verrazano's Secret Mission to America

By Steven Sora

Reveals the existence of a Templar colony in the New World and how the explorer Verrazano, also a member of a secret society, attempted to reestablish contact with it * Explores Columbus's connection to Henry Sinclair's maps of the New World * Examines the secret alliance of Catholic Sulpicians and French Huguenots to preserve the Templar legacy * Reveals the hidden knowledge preserved in the Templar baptisteries found throughout Europe and in Newport, Rhode Island In 1524 the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano was sent by the French king Francis I on an expedition ostensibly to find a shorter route to China. However, his true mission, Steven Sora suggests, was to contact a Templar colony that might have been established in Newport, Rhode Island, by Henry Sinclair at the end of the 14th century. In his expedition log Verrazano recorded that his only stay on this journey was at Newport Harbor, the site of a tower built to the exact measurements of a Templar baptistery, a sacred sanctuary representing baptism and eternal life. This tower is a remnant of Sinclair's voyage to America nearly a century before that of Columbus (who had access to Sinclair's maps thanks to his wife, who was Sinclair's great-granddaughter). While Verrazano's mission succeeded in finding the tower, the colony itself eluded him. His backers then decided to resurrect the dream of Acadia--a place where they could aspire to higher knowledge without fear of Church or state--by creating a new Secret Society that included Huguenots and Catholic Sulpicians. This Company of the Holy Sacrament would lay the foundations for Montreal in an attempt to realize the ambitions of Sinclair and his Templar companions, as well as to stave off efforts by the Jesuits to transform Quebec into a fiefdom of the orthodox Church. Quebec's motto, "Je me souviens" (I remember), is a reference to this secret history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594770190
• ISBN13: 9781594770197
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Destiny Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

GREAT READ - GAME CHANGER,TOO!

I hope to see this book used as a theme in movie - like "National Treasure"!

An Excellent Overview

For those interested in exploring the possibility of Templar Knights visiting North America during medieval times, this is an excellent starting point. I used it as a resource when writing my own novel covering this subject matter. Cabal of The Westford Knight: Templars at the Newport Tower I note that another reviewer incorrectly portrays the conclusions of the Chronognostic Research Foundation following a recent archeological dig at the Newport Tower. Rather than concluding the Tower is of Colonial origin, as the reviewer states, the Foundation instead concluded: "The Newport Tower could have been built as late as 1457 - but probably not much later." This finding is consistent with Mr. Sora's premise.

Secret Knowledge Revealed!

This fascinating work reveals the fact that Templar baptisteries started with the discovery of Jerusalem's secrets. They spread to Ireland, Portugal, Scotland and France and finally to America. Before Columbus. This book proves that the so-called Viking Tower could not have been built by anyone but an initiate who understood the advanced astronomy known to the Templar knights. This is groundbreaking and will forever change the debate over the Tower's origins.