Madoc 1170: Europeans in America

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My name is Howard Kimberley and I was born in Maesteg, Glamorgan, South Wales, in 1944. I am a former Engineer who spent many years in Technical Research and Development, and Project Management. Since 1987, I have worked as a Business Consultant assisting the formation and development of small businesses.

I have a science degree with certificates in accounting and marketing as well as a qualifications in business planning and counselling. I am not a professional or even a trained historian, but a down-to-earth engineer and business advisor, so my approach to historical research may be somewhat radical.

Howard Kimberley

The story of MADOC, a Welsh prince, who is reputed to have
discovered America in 1170, over 300 years before Columbus, has fascinated me for many years.

It is said that he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Wales, a small country on the western side of the British mainland, which together with Ireland, Scotland and England, make up the British Isles.

Many believe that he and his followers initially settled in the Georgia/Tennessee/Kentucky area, eventually moving to the Upper Missouri, where they were assimilated into a tribe called the Mandans. New evidence is also emerging about a small band of MADOC's followers who remained in the Ohio area and are called 'White Madoc'.

Numerous people, on both sides of the Atlantic, have researched the story over the years. Such a subject is bound to have its sceptics, and what I have set out to achieve with this site is to establish the truth about Prince MADOC, by presenting both sides of the argument.

The more I study the subject and contemplate the implications, the stronger the fascination becomes. Some friends and I have set up a trust (The Madoc International Research Association - MIRA) which is linked to the site but runs independently of it. I have also recently enrolled at the University of Wales, Lampeter to study for a Master's Degree in Celtic Studies with a plan to do my final 20,000 word thesis on Madoc.

Professor Bernard Knight, Britain's Premier Forensic Scientist (now retired) says: "There is too much smoke for there not to have been a good fire." So read on, consider the arguments, have your say, and join me in the fascinating quest for the truth about MADOC, a prince who lived over 800 years ago, and the link between a tiny kingdom in Wales, and the mighty continent of North America.

To quote that famous Welsh Politician, Aneurin Bevan,

"This Is My Truth - Tell Me Yours"

Howard Kimberley, BA, MCIM, MIBA
Mid Wales
December 2006

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