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Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World

Ignatius Donnelly

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This book is an attempt to demonstrate several distinct and novel propositions. These are: 1. That there once existed in the Atlantic Ocean, opposite the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea, a large island, which was the remnant of an Atlantic continent, and known to the ancient world as Atlantis. 2. That the description of this island given by Plato is not, as has been long supposed, fable, but veritable history. 3. That Atlantis was the region where man first rose from a state of barbarism to civilization. 4. That it became, in the course of ages, a populous and mighty nation, from whose overflowings the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River, the Amazon, the Pacific coast of South America, the Mediterranean, the west coast of Europe and Africa, the Baltic, the Black Sea, and the Caspian were populated by civilized nations. 5. That it was the true Antediluvian world; the Garden of Eden; the Gardens of the Hesperides; the Elysian Fields; the Gardens of Alcinous; the Mesomphalos; the Olympos; the Asgard of the traditions of the ancient nations; representing a universal memory of a great land, where early mankind dwelt for ages in peace and happiness. 6. That the gods and goddesses of the ancient Greeks, the Phoenicians, the Hindoos, and the Scandinavians were simply the kings, queens, and heroes of Atlantis; and the acts attributed to them in mythology are a confused recollection of real historical events. 7. That the mythology of Egypt and Peru represented the original religion of Atlantis, which was sun-worship. 8. That the oldest colony formed by the Atlanteans was probably in Egypt, whose civilization was a reproduction of that of the Atlantic island. 9. That the implements of the "Bronze Age" of Europe were derived from Atlantis. The Atlanteans were also the first manufacturers of iron. 10. That the Phoenician alphabet, parent of all the European alphabets, was derived from an Atlantis alphabet, which was also conveyed from Atlantis to the Mayas of Central America. 11. That Atlantis was the original seat of the Aryan or Indo-European family of nations, as well as of the Semitic peoples, and possibly also of the Turanian races. 12. That Atlantis perished in a terrible convulsion of nature, in which the whole island sunk into the ocean, with nearly all its inhabitants.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publish Date: Mar 28th, 2014
  • Pages: 142
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 11.02in - 8.50in - 0.30in - 0.76lb
  • EAN: 9781497396784
  • Categories: • General

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Contemplating a "lost" civilization of this sort requires disavowing the racist history of the ideas Over 100 yrs ago, Ignatius Donnelly wrote a bestseller arguing for an "advanced" pre-flood Atlantis that taught Indigenous people technology. His arguments were explicitly racist https://t.co/pNGb1pfqz1

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Online journal exploring works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. Featuring 300+ essays — ✍️ submissions welcome. @publicdomainrev@mastodon.social

The destruction of Atlantis, cataclysmic comets, and a Manhattan tower made entirely from concrete and corpse — Carl Abbott explores the life and work of Ignatius Donnelly, a Minnesotan writer and failed politician with a mind primed for catastrophe: https://t.co/ezL2C4vb6a https://t.co/HKlmQlVCP4

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@FolkTaleGeek @SpookySciPod And because Ignatius Donnelly named Atlantis the home of the Aryans, although that chapter was removed from later editions of his book.

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Archaeologist⛏️ Twitter threads📜 | he/him | Cardiff University | https://t.co/3NAAPMWKNZ | https://t.co/DkOgm59B3c | https://t.co/kAStjsIRIX it's my real name

Contemplating a "lost" civilization of this sort requires disavowing the racist history of the ideas Over 100 yrs ago, Ignatius Donnelly wrote a bestseller arguing for an "advanced" pre-flood Atlantis that taught Indigenous people technology. His arguments were explicitly racist https://t.co/pNGb1pfqz1

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Online journal exploring works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. Featuring 300+ essays — ✍️ submissions welcome. @publicdomainrev@mastodon.social

The destruction of Atlantis, cataclysmic comets, and a Manhattan tower made entirely from concrete and corpse — Carl Abbott explores the life and work of Ignatius Donnelly, a Minnesotan writer and failed politician with a mind primed for catastrophe: https://t.co/ezL2C4vb6a https://t.co/HKlmQlVCP4

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