Templars Did NOT Sail to the New World

The (in)famous allegedly non-fiction (in reality it is anything but “non”) Holy Blood, Holy Grail claims that the Templars in their 18 ships fled to the New World by following old Viking routes, i.e., making one of the pre-Columbian voyages. Carrying with them their (allegedly) immense treasure that they (allegedly) buried… on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada.

None of the above is true. There is no evidence of any pre-Columbian voyage to North America by Vikings or anyone else; the Templar treasure was not that immense (and all of it was captured by King’s soldiers on October 13th, 1307) … and Templars simply did not have 18 ships.

There is no record that the Templars ever had 18 galleys, much less than 18 galleys were at La Rochelle (or in any other French port) in October of 1307. Actually, the Templars had very few large ships –no more than four – and hired more from merchant shippers when needed. Hence, the “lost fleet of Templars” is also a myth.

And even if they did… at the time of the country-wide arrest of the Templars, the whole France was under such a tight control by King’s men that it was practically impossible even for a lonely Templar to get from Paris to the coast – let alone a caravan loaded with immense treasure.

And even if it wasn’t… why go to a totally unknown destination (at the time no one knew what was “across the ocean” and how far away it was) when there were at least two perfectly safe places for Templars in Europe: Scotland and Portugal.

And, last but not the least, there is not a shred of evidence that Templars landed in the New World – in North, Central or South America.