Atlantis: The Antediluvian World
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ATLANTIS:
THE ANTEDILUVIAN WORLD.
IGNATIUS DONNELLY
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- Lately on science, we may almost hope,
- Before we die of sheer decay, to learn
- Something about our infancy; when lived
- That great, original, broad-eyed, sunken race,
- Whose knowledge, like the sea-sustaining rocks,
- Hath formed the base of this world's fluctuous lore."
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NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE.
1882.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by
HARPER & BROTHERS
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
All rights reserved.
CONTENTS.
PART I.
THE HISTORY OF ATLANTIS
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Chap. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. |
The Purpose of the Book . . . . . . . Plato's History of Atlantis . . . . . . . The Probabilities of Plato's Story . . . . . Was such a Catastrophe Possible? . . . . . The Testimony of the Seal . . . . . . . The Testimony of the Flora and Fauna . . . . . |
Page 1 5 22 31 46 54 |
PART II.
THE DELUGE
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Chap. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. |
The Deluge of the Bible . . . . . . . The Deluge of the Chaldeans . . . . . . The Deluge Legends of other Nations . . . . . The Deluge Legends of America . . . . . . |
Page 65 68 75 85 98 119 |
PART III.
THE CIVILIZATION OF THE WOLD WORLD AND NEW COMPARED
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Chap. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. |
Civilization an Inheritance . . . . . . Corroborating Circumstances . . . . . . The Question of Complexion . . . . . . Genesis Contains a History of Atlantis . . . . . The Origin of our Alphabet . . . . . . The Bronze Age in Europe . . . . . . . Artificial Deformation of the Skull . . . . . |
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PART IV.
THE MYTHOLOGIES OF THE OLD WORLD A RECOLLECTION OF ATLANTIS
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Chap. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. |
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PART V.
THE MYTHOLOGIES OF THE OLD WORLD A RECOLLECTION OF ATLANTIS
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Chap. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. |
The Egyptian Colony . . . . . . . The Colonies of the Mississippi Valley . . . . . The Iberian Colonies of Atlantis . . . . . . The Peruvian Colony . . . . . . . . The African Colonies . . . . . . . . The Irish Colonies from Atlantis . . . . . The Oldest Son of Noah . . . . . . . The Aryan Colonies from Atlantis . . . . . Atlantis Reconstructed . . . . . . . |
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
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The Profile of Atlantis . . . . . . . . Coal-measures of Pennsylvania . . . . . . Destruction of Pompeii . . . . . . . . Calabrian Peasants Ingulfed by Crevasses (1783) . . Fort of Sindree, on the Eastern Branch of the Indus, before it was Submerged by the Earthquake of 1819 . . . . View of the Fort of Sindree from the West in March, 1838 . Eruption of Vesuvius in 1737 . . . . . . Map of Atlantis, with its Islands and Connecting Ridges, from Deep-sea Soundings . . . . . . . Ancient Islands between Atlantis and the Mediterranean, from Deep-sea Soundings . . . . . . . Ancient Carving, Stratford-on-Avon, England . . . Cereals of the Age of Stone in Europe . . . . . Ancient Irish Pipes . . . . . . . . Ancient Indian Pipe, New Jersey . . . . . . The World, according to Cosmos . . . . . Map of Europe, after Cosmos . . . . . . The Mountain the Sun goes behind at Night . . . . The Starting-point of the Aztecs, according to the Gamelli Careri Pictures MS . The Starting-point of the Aztecs, according to the Boturini Pictured Writing . . . . . . . Calendar Stone . . . . . . . . The God of the Flood . . . . . . . Mosaics at Mitla, Mexico . . . . . . . Carving on the Buddhist Tower, Sárnáth, India . . . Ancient Irish Vase of the Bronze Age . . . . . Ancient Vase from the Mounds of the United States . . Ancient Mexican Vase . . . . . . . . Bearded head, from Teotihuacan . . . . . . Elephant Mound, Wisconsin . . . . . . Elephant Pipe, Louisa County, Iowa . . . . . Elephant-trunk Head-dress, Palenque . . . . . Mexican Representation of Elephant . . . . . Negro Idols found in Central America . . . . . Negroid Figure, Palenque . . . . . . . Negro Head, Vera Cruz . . . . . . . Governor and other Indians of the Pueblo of San Domingo, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . Choctaw . . . . . . . . . . Shawnees . . . . . . . . . Savonarola . . . . . . . . . The Races of Men according to the Egyptians . . . Ruins of the Pyramid of Cholula . . . . . . Great Serpent-mound, Ohio . . . . . . . Stone Implements of Europe and America . . . . Landa's Alphabet . . . . . . . . . The Alphabet . . . . . . . . . Implements and Ornaments of the Bronze Age . . . Ornaments of the Bronze Age . . . . . . Celtic Warrior, from Egyptian Monuments . . . . Celtic Warrior, from Assyrian Monuments . . . . A Skull of the Age of Stone, Denmark . . . . . A Skull of the Earliest Times of the Age of Iron, Demark . Irish Celt . . . . . . . . . . Danish Celt . . . . . . . . . Leaf-Shaped Bronze Swords . . . . . . Stone Celt, Mound in Tennessee . . . . . . Bronze Knives from Denmark . . . . . . Bronze Knives from Switzerland . . . . . . Hut Uru, Albano . . . . . . . . . Bronze Lake Village . . . . . . . . Bronze Razor-Knives . . . . . . . Ancient Galley, from a Roman Coin . . . . . Ship of William the Conqueror . . . . . . Irish Bronze Dagger . . . . . . . . Inscribed Celt . . . . . . . . . Bronze Hair-pins . . . . . . . . . Vases from Mounds in the Mississippi Valley . . . Vases from Switzerland . . . . . . . Ancient Swiss Vase and Supporter . . . . . Bronze Chisels . . . . . . . . . Spirals from Scotland . . . . . . . . Spiral from New Mexico . . . . . . . Discoidal Stones, Illinois . . . . . . . Copper Spear-head, Lake Superior . . . . . Bronze Hatchets, Switzerland . . . . . . Spiral from New Mexico . . . . . . . Shell Ornament, Mound near Nashville, Tennessee . . Copper Axe, from a Mound near Laporte, Indiana . . . Copper Axe, Waterford, Ireland . . . . . . Fragment of Pottery, Lake Neufchatel, Switzerland . . Fragment of Pottery, San José, Mexico . . . . Stucco Bass-relief in the Palace of Palenque . . . Ancient Swiss Skull . . . . . . . . Peruvian Skull . . . . . . . . . Chinook (Flat-head, after Catlin . . . . . . Heads from Palenque . . . . . . . Outlines of Skulls of Different Races . . . . . Egyptian Heads . . . . . . . . . Central American Head . . . . . . . Egyptian Head . . . . . . . . . Peruvian Inca Skull, from the Ancient Cemetery of Pachacamac The Empire of Atlantis . . . . . . . Poseidon, or Neptune . . . . . . . Egyptian Tau . . . . . . . . . Cross from Monuments of Palenque . . . . . Ancient Irish Cross . . . . . . . . Central American Cross . . . . . . . Copper Coin, Teotihuacan . . . . . . Ancient Irish Cross - Pre-Christian - Kilnaboy . . . Cross from Egyptian Monuments . . . . . . Pyramids of Egypt . . . . . . . . Pyramids of Teotihuacan . . . . . . . The great Mound near Miamisburg, Ohio . . . . Great Pyramid of Xeoch, Mexico . . . . . . Common Form of Arch, Central America . . . . Section of Las Monjas, Palenque, Central America . . Arch of Las Monjas, Palenque, Central America . . . Graded Way near Piketon, Ohio . . . . . . Walls at Gran-Chimu, Peru . . . . . . . Cross and Pyramid Mound, Ohio . . . . . . From the Mounds of the Ohio Valley . . . . . Cyclopean Wall, Greece . . . . . . . Cyclopean Masonry, Peru . . . . . . . Owl-headed Vase, Troy . . . . . . . Owl-headed Vase, Peru . . . . . . . Owl-headed Vase, Peru . . . . . . . Owl-headed Vase, Troy . . . . . . . Tamahu, from the Egyptian Monuments, 1500 b.c. . . The Burgh of Moussa, in the Shetlands . . . . Round-tower of the Cañon of the Mancos, Colorado, U.S. . Cow-headed Idol, Mycenæ (from Schliemann) . . . Religious Emblem of the Bronze Age, Switzerland . . Baal, the Phœnician God . . . . . . . Moqui Idol . . . . . . . . . . Dakota Idol . . . . . . . . . Peruvian Devil . . . . . . . . . Greek Siren . . . . . . . . . Chinese Magnetic Car . . . . . . . Ancient Coins of Tyre . . . . . . . Coins from Central America . . . . . . Ancient Egyptian Plough . . . . . . . |
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