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CONTENTS.


PART I.

THE HISTORY OF ATLANTIS

Chap.
Page
I.
The Purpose of the Book
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1
II.
Plato's History of Atlantis
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5
III.
The Probabilities of Plato's Story
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22
IV.
Was Such a Catastrophe Possible?
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31
V.
The Testimony of the Sea
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46
VI.
The Testimony of the Flora and Fauna
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54

PART II.

THE DELUGE.

I.
The Destruction of Atlantis described in the Deluge Legends
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65
II.
The Deluge of the Bible
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68
III.
The Deluge of the Chaldeans
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75
IV.
The Deluge Legends of other Nations
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85
V.
The Deluge Legends of America
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98
VI.
Some Consideration of the Deluge Legends
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119

PART III.

THE CIVILIZATION OF THE OLD WORLD AND NEW COMPARED.

I.
Civilization an Inheritance
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129
II.
The Identity of the Civilizations of the Old World and the New
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136
III.
American Evidences of Intercourse with Europe or Atlantis
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165