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JILL WITHROW BAKERJill Baker lives in Louisville, KY, where she writes, paints and shares her home with a poet and a dog. She walks to her studio to work.She published three books, My Turn, a novel, Poems of Accord and Satisfaction ( poetry), and a travel journal entitled Elba Journal.She has written every day since she was 13 years old, when an aunt gave her a diary. While working full-time as a legal secretary in Los Angeles and caring for a pre-teen daughter as a single mom, she wrote a 700-page novel. More books followed.Poetry and short stories were her preferred mediums when she was a teen and during college, and knowing how to write served her well when she began researching for a living and writing books.She went to Baylor University in Waco, TX for her B.A. in English and Fine Arts. She earned an M.F.A. from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1981and did graduate work at Florida State University, at the Academia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy and at Cal State, L.A.In college she was editor of her Poetry Annual and weekly youth newsletter. Her poetry has been published in collections and her articles have been published in magazines. She has worked as a reporter on newspapers in Indiana and Tennessee. She has written a column on well-known people and articles on art, religion, the Olympics, homemaking and the military. In the 1990s she was a writer and West Coast Editor for Women Artists News in Los Angeles. She has since taught on the college level for 17 years. As an artist, she had done numerous illustrations for publishing houses and magazines and has worked in Production for newspapers and magazines, such as Institutional Investor magazine on Madison Avenue, in New York. JILL WITHROW BAKER
Address: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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The Maps that Columbus Used (1), 2018
Columbus was not the first person to cross the Atlantic and to find the Americas. There were many... more Columbus was not the first person to cross the Atlantic and to find the Americas. There were many others before him. There were maps and there were trade routes known only to the traders, there were sailors blown off course who returned, and there were whole civilizations who came and stayed, some for just awhile, but they left traces and clues and maps to follow. Columbus was an intelligent explorer and followed the clues to reach the Americas.
This is the Powerpoint Presentation form of the Research Results written up in the Microsoft Docu... more This is the Powerpoint Presentation form of the Research Results written up in the Microsoft Document, "The Maps That Columbus Used," by Jill Baker
Columbus had a wealth of information, including maps, that he pursued and then used in order to e... more Columbus had a wealth of information, including maps, that he pursued and then used in order to explore the Atlantic in search of The Indies. He not only used fairly accurate maps, but probably had a guide to lead him to already discovered Caribbean Islands.
Used with images I created and have used to teach students online, from my courses over the years.
Conference Presentations by Jill Baker
FINDING BURROWS CAVE (2).ppt, 2018
In this PowerPoint presentation, we will try to trace the 30-year-long race for history-making ar... more In this PowerPoint presentation, we will try to trace the 30-year-long race for history-making artifacts and gold in a 2000-year-old cave, going back to the find and taking a look at the drawn map that the cave finder made. We will look at the false stories that the finder told and see where subsequent hunters have been led. But first we will look at the ancient maps made by the ones who created the original cave. These are our “treasure maps.” The goal is to cut through the confusion and find out where exactly where this cave of treasures is.
These are just some of the thousands of images of artifacts that were taken from the cave by Russell Burrows and the story of his intrigue.
FINDING BURROWS CAVE, 2018
In this presentation, we will try to trace the 30-year-long race for history-making artifacts and... more In this presentation, we will try to trace the 30-year-long race for history-making artifacts and gold in a 2000-year-old cave, going back to the find and taking a look at the drawn map that the cave finder made. We will look at the false stories that the finder told and see where subsequent hunters have been led. But first we will look at the ancient maps made by the ones who created the original cave. These are our "treasure maps." The goal is to cut through the confusion and find out where exactly where this cave of treasures is. Once, long, long ago, an ancient civilization, some say it was the Mauretanians, others the Egyptians, some say it was Black Africans, sailed across the Atlantic to this land. We know Vikings and Chinese came to the Americas earlier than Columbus. All these traveled the oceans and the rivers in seaworthy sailing ships, as that was the easiest way to go farther faster.
The References will be interesting, as I draw on unusual sources and explain what they said.
This Presentation addresses two things: (1) the cultures that preceded Columbus' visit to the New... more This Presentation addresses two things: (1) the cultures that preceded Columbus' visit to the New World and (2) the maps and motivation for his persistent attempt to "discover" the New World.
The Maps that Columbus Used (1), 2018
Columbus was not the first person to cross the Atlantic and to find the Americas. There were many... more Columbus was not the first person to cross the Atlantic and to find the Americas. There were many others before him. There were maps and there were trade routes known only to the traders, there were sailors blown off course who returned, and there were whole civilizations who came and stayed, some for just awhile, but they left traces and clues and maps to follow. Columbus was an intelligent explorer and followed the clues to reach the Americas.
This is the Powerpoint Presentation form of the Research Results written up in the Microsoft Docu... more This is the Powerpoint Presentation form of the Research Results written up in the Microsoft Document, "The Maps That Columbus Used," by Jill Baker
Columbus had a wealth of information, including maps, that he pursued and then used in order to e... more Columbus had a wealth of information, including maps, that he pursued and then used in order to explore the Atlantic in search of The Indies. He not only used fairly accurate maps, but probably had a guide to lead him to already discovered Caribbean Islands.
Used with images I created and have used to teach students online, from my courses over the years.
FINDING BURROWS CAVE (2).ppt, 2018
In this PowerPoint presentation, we will try to trace the 30-year-long race for history-making ar... more In this PowerPoint presentation, we will try to trace the 30-year-long race for history-making artifacts and gold in a 2000-year-old cave, going back to the find and taking a look at the drawn map that the cave finder made. We will look at the false stories that the finder told and see where subsequent hunters have been led. But first we will look at the ancient maps made by the ones who created the original cave. These are our “treasure maps.” The goal is to cut through the confusion and find out where exactly where this cave of treasures is.
These are just some of the thousands of images of artifacts that were taken from the cave by Russell Burrows and the story of his intrigue.
FINDING BURROWS CAVE, 2018
In this presentation, we will try to trace the 30-year-long race for history-making artifacts and... more In this presentation, we will try to trace the 30-year-long race for history-making artifacts and gold in a 2000-year-old cave, going back to the find and taking a look at the drawn map that the cave finder made. We will look at the false stories that the finder told and see where subsequent hunters have been led. But first we will look at the ancient maps made by the ones who created the original cave. These are our "treasure maps." The goal is to cut through the confusion and find out where exactly where this cave of treasures is. Once, long, long ago, an ancient civilization, some say it was the Mauretanians, others the Egyptians, some say it was Black Africans, sailed across the Atlantic to this land. We know Vikings and Chinese came to the Americas earlier than Columbus. All these traveled the oceans and the rivers in seaworthy sailing ships, as that was the easiest way to go farther faster.
The References will be interesting, as I draw on unusual sources and explain what they said.
This Presentation addresses two things: (1) the cultures that preceded Columbus' visit to the New... more This Presentation addresses two things: (1) the cultures that preceded Columbus' visit to the New World and (2) the maps and motivation for his persistent attempt to "discover" the New World.