Anian Regnum - what was it?

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Anian Regnum​

This would have to be a combined effort. No matter how hard I tried, I was unable to locate any meaningful information about the so-called Anian Regnum.

• Regnum - Latin for kingdom or dominion.

This 1574 map has one of the earliest depictions of this Anian Regnum: Typus Orbis Terrarum

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And this 1597 map is probably the most famous one: Limes Occidentis Quivira et Anian

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I personally like this 1593 map, for it shows the legendary Hyperborea as well.

• Quivirae Regnu cum alijs versus Borea​

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KD: The most interesting piece of info I could find was this: The Asiatic Fathers of America, 2015. I take this book with a grain of salt though.

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There are many different Anian Regnum maps out there. Unfortunately I was unable to stumble upon any useful texts. What we do have, normally looks something like this.

• who ruled this Regnum?
• what cities or towns were located there?
• what do we know about this Regnum, other than the fact that "scientists" believe it did not exist?
  • could Anian Regnum and Ainu People have something in common?

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[Onijunbei]

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Only thing I could find was that Anian is a Celtic, Welsh male name, and there is another word on the map, Tolm, which is a surname of British, Irish origin. On the 2nd map I noticed a Bergi Regio.. Bergi is also of British, Irish origin. Regio is Spanish for great or royal. But Bergi is not a Spanish name, word whatsoever. Makes me remember back to Tsarion's thesis "The Irish Origins of Civilization".

 

[igneous]

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Here are a few things I found which may or may not be helpful:

In addition I came across over 100 maps of Japan pre-1800 that only has one page of relevance but the rest of the maps may be useful to someone working on something else in that area.

Crouch Rare Books Mapping Japan

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Totius Orbis Cogniti Universalis Descriptio. Publication [Amsterdam, Cornelis Claesz, 1605].
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[JWW427]

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The Typus Orbis Terrarum map is incredible.
I think it must have been copied from much older maps.
The island of "Santana" in the Atlantic east of Bermuda is perplexing, as is Frisland.
Are we looking at names of places from thousands of years ago?
I see no mention of Atlantis, perhaps, maybe––I hope so––this map represents the world from 1500-2500 years ago.
Did islands just disappear?

I think perhaps "Ania" was a settlement from long ago when the climate was possibly warmer in that region. This map gets places like Cuba and Jamaica correct, and many other places, so that's a clue to its authenticity. I don't think the cartographers meant to fool anyone. This is a smoking gun of history. Until we send an army to pry-bar open the rumored Vatican hidden archives, maps like these give us vital clues we can at least work with.

The "mythical" city of Dwarka was found underwater off India, so there's hope in finding more lost places.

Mysteries of Modern Asia: Lord Krishna's lost city of Dwarka found under water - IBTL

 

[Huaqero]

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I think it must have been copied from much older maps.

My first look at the map gave me the impression that it was initially copied from a map fragment where half of the actual name was missing,
like "XXXX-ANIAN regnum", which was what the rest of the following maps copied, too.

 

[igneous]

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My first look at the map gave me the impression that it was copied from a map fragment where half of the actual name was missing,
like "XXXX-ANIAN regnum"

I always thought the N was an incorrect transposition of the Letter "S": Asian Regnum (kingdom)

 

[Archive]

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8 page PDF from 1983 Scans of a printed article. (EDIT link fixed)
Apocryphal Tales: Of the Island of California & Straits of Anian

And the Cornelius van Wytfliet chap reads to me like he was 'cashing in' on Mercator's work.
The basic cartography employed here by Wytfliet was derived from the 1569 world map of Gerard Mercator.

 

[Archive]

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Anian = Atlantian?

 

[Whitewave]

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There are a few different regnums listed on these maps and I can never find anything on any of them.

I wonder if the explorers, mapmakers, invaders, et al named these areas kingdoms because they had kings or because "kingdom" was the closest translation or understanding of "one guy governs this village"?

The similarity of Anian to Ainu is compelling especially considering that the oldest artifacts found in North America are bones belonging to an Ainu.

Discounting the English spelling, Ainu is supposedly pronounced as "I know" (not it's meaning but it's pronunciation) so, with that in mind, Ainu and Anian have little in common with one another.

The spoken language of the local tribes as well as their customs might provide a clue to their origins.

 

[Mabzynn]

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Pliny modified history warning:

Connected to Cathay and Tartars:

Relations of the Most Famous Kingdoms and Common-weales Thorough the World 1611

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Epitome Geographiae Veteris Et Novae: Et Pomponivs Mela De Sitv Orbis - 1577

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Otium Ulysseum studiosae iuventutis - 1696

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Baccalaos sighting area connected to Tartary. Populated after Noah's flood. The Americans have many stories of the flood and Giants.

Respublica christiana sive erotemata christiano-politica de republica - 1718

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[Whitewave]

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That's some good stuff, mabzynn.

 

[Tribe Of Yahudah]

Very interesting indeed, mabzynn

 

[Sanctus Martinus]

"Dah Han" sounds like "Die Hunnen (german)" or "The Huns" to me.
And "Ania" is Anya, Anja or Hanna(h) all meaning graceful or merciful.
From that I could see a possible connection to Genghis Kahn who promised to show mercy to everyone who would surrender to him.

All of that probably makes more sense if you see current day Asian was Arian, where Genghis Khan was a caucasian and not what ever mainstream wants you to believe.

 

[Blackdiamond]

"Dah Han" sounds like "Die Hunnen (german)" or "The Huns" to me.
And "Ania" is Anya, Anja or Hanna(h) all meaning graceful or merciful.
From that I could see a possible connection to Genghis Kahn who promised to show mercy to everyone who would surrender to him.

All of that probably makes more sense if you see current day Asian was Arian, where Genghis Khan was a caucasian and not what ever mainstream wants you to believe.

Could it be the ainu peoples though?