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[Illustration: George Jones.
  Drawn by F.S. Agate.      Eng. by A.B. Durand.]

  AN
  ORIGINAL HISTORY
  OF
  ANCIENT AMERICA.

  Founded upon the
  RUINS OF ANTIQUITY:

  _THE_
  Identity of the Aborigines
  with the People of
  TYRUS AND ISRAEL:

  and the Introduction of Christianity by
  THE APOSTLE S^T. THOMAS.

  _BY_
  GEORGE JONES, R.S.I: M.F.S.V: &c.

  [Illustration: Moses holding the Ten Commandments]

  _DEDICATED TO HIS GRACE_
  THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

  Published by Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, London.

  Harper & Brothers, New-York.
  Alexander Duncker, Berlin.
  & Frederick Kliencksieck, Paris.

  1843.




  THE
  HISTORY
  OF
  ANCIENT AMERICA,
  ANTERIOR TO THE TIME OF COLUMBUS;

  PROVING
  THE IDENTITY OF THE ABORIGINES
  WITH
  THE TYRIANS AND ISRAELITES;

  AND
  THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY
  INTO THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
  BY THE APOSTLE ST. THOMAS.

  BY

  GEORGE JONES, M.R.S.I., F.S.V.

  =THE TYRIAN ÆRA.=

  SECOND EDITION.

  PUBLISHED BY
  LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, LONDON;
  HARPER AND BROTHERS, NEW-YORK;
  ALEXANDER DUNCKER, BERLIN; AND FREDERICK
  KLINCKSIECK, PARIS.

  1843.

  C. WHITING, BEAUFORT HOUSE.

  D e d i c a t i o n.

  TO
  HIS GRACE
  THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.
  &c. &c. &c.

  YOUR GRACE,

Upon the completion of the Tyrian Æra of this Work, I submitted the
outline to an Illustrious Prince, whose urbanity and amiability are
not the least of his high qualities claiming admiration; and in
reference to my desire of Dedication, replied: "* * * With respect to
the request preferred, His Royal Highness thinks,--especially with
reference to _the subject-matter_ of the present historic Work, that
it would be far better to select for the Dedication, _some Theologian
of high rank in the Sacred Profession, and eminent for his Learning
and Piety_, under whose auspices would more appropriately be placed,
than under his own, the Original History of Ancient America. * * *"
The suggestion and description thus expressed by His Royal
Highness--and from one in such an august station,--evidently
contemplate The Primate.

The answer of Your Grace to my letter upon the subject,--my sense of
obedience to the suggestion of His Royal Highness (who has honoured me
as his visitor and guest)--and my own feelings of profound veneration
for Your Grace;--together with the importance of historically
establishing the fulfilment of additional prophecies by ISAIAH,--the
Introduction of Christianity into the Western Hemisphere by one of The
Twelve Apostles--_in person_;--the Founding of Ancient America more
than three centuries previous to that Sacred event,--with the Identity
of the Aborigines, and thus unfolding additional Truths of The
Bible,--being of that Character to call forth attention from every
part of the Globe, where Civilization is known, or the Divine
Blessings of Religion are received and appreciated;--these
considerations all assure me that in Dedicating to Your Grace the
Original History of Ancient America, I but follow the dictates of an
imperative duty;--and shall cherish the hope that my literary labours
upon this novel subject, will receive the fostering protection of
one, whose Life, Learning, and Piety, are alike conspicuous,--and who,
by their triple power,--has been enabled to dare fearless comparisons
with the past,--to continue blessings to the present,--and to create
examples of faith and