Atlantis - The Antediluvian World

Ignatius Donnelly

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Originally published in 1882, this early work by politician Ignatius Donnelly is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Inspired by the writings of Plato, it details the history and technology of this lost land and is a fascinating read for anyone interested in the theory that ancient civilisations are descended from the peoples of Atlantis. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Informations

• Publié par: Read Books Ltd.
• Date de parution: 03 décembre 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781447498728
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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ATLANTIS:
THE ANTEDILUVIAN WORLD.
BY
IGNATIUS DONNELLY.
ILLUSTRATED.
The world has made such comet-like advance
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 flucluous lore .
F ESTUS .
CONTENTS.

PART I.
THE HISTORY OF ATLANTIS . I.
T HE P URPOSE OF THE B OOK II.
P LATO S H ISTORY OF A TLANTIS III.
T HE P ROBABILITIES OF P LATO S S TORY IV.
W AS SUCH A C ATASTROPHE P OSSIBLE ? V.
T HE T ESTIMONY OF THE S EA VI.
T HE T ESTIMONY OF THE F LORA AND F AUNA

PART II.
THE DELUGE . I.
T HE D ESTRUCTION OF A TLANTIS DESCRIBED IN THE D ELUGE L EGENDS II.
T HE D ELUGE OF THE B IBLE III.
T HE D ELUGE OF THE C HALDEANS IV.
T HE D ELUGE L EGENDS OF OTHER N ATIONS V.
T HE D ELUGE L EGENDS OF A MERICA VI.
S OME C ONSIDERATION OF THE D ELUGE L EGENDS

PART III.
THE CIVILIZATION OF THE OLD WORLD AND NEW COMPARED . I.
C IVILIZATION AN I NHERITANCE II.
T HE I DENTITY OF THE C IVILIZATIONS OF THE O LD W ORLD AND THE N EW III.
A MERICAN E VIDENCES OF I NTERCOURSE WITH E UROPE OR A TLANTIS IV.
C ORROBORATING C IRCUMSTANCES V.
T HE Q UESTION OF C OMPLEXION VI.
G ENESIS CONTAINS A H ISTORY OF A TLANTIS VII.
T HE O RIGIN OF OUR A LPHABET VIII.
T HE B RONZE A GE IN E UROPE IX.
A RTIFICIAL D EFORMATION OF THE S KULL

PART IV.
THE MYTHOLOGIES OF THE OLD WORLD A RECOLLECTION OF ATLANTIS . I.
T RADITIONS OF A TLANTIS II.
T HE K INGS OF A TLANTIS BECOME THE G ODS OF THE G REEKS III.
T HE G ODS OF THE P H NICIANS ALSO K INGS OF A TLANTIS IV.
T HE G OD O DIN , W ODEN, OR W OTAN V.
T HE P YRAMID, THE C ROSS, AND THE G ARDEN OF E DEN VI.
G OLD AND S ILVER THE S ACRED M ETALS OF A TLANTIS

PART V.
THE COLONIES OF ATLANTIS . I.
T HE C ENTRAL A MERICAN AND M EXICAN C OLONIES II.
T HE E GYPTIAN C OLONY III.
T HE C OLONIES OF THE M ISSISSIPPI V ALLEY IV.
T HE I BERIAN C OLONIES OF A TLANTIS V.
T HE P ERUVIAN C OLONY VI.
T HE A FRICAN C OLONIES VII.
T HE I RISH C OLONIES FROM A TLANTIS VIII.
T HE O LDEST S ON OF N OAH IX.
T HE A NTIQUITY OF SOME OF OUR G REAT I NVENTIONS X.
T HE A RYAN C OLONIES FROM A TLANTIS XI.
A TLANTIS R ECONSTRUCTED
ILLUSTRATIONS.

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 Pictured 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, S rn th, 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, Denmark
Irish Celt
Danish Celt
Leaf-shaped Bronze Swords
Stone Celt, Mound in Tennessee
Bronze Knives from Denmark
Bronze Knives from Switzerland
Hut Urn, 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 Neufehatel, Switzerland
Fragment of Pottery, San Jos , 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 Inea 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 Xcoch, Mexico
Common Form of Arch, Central America
Section of the Treasure-house of Atrens at Mycen
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 Masoury, 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 Ca on of the Mancos, Colorado, U.S.
Cow-headed Idol, Mycen (from Sehliemann)
Religious Emblem of the Bronze Age, Switzerland
Baal, the Ph nician God
Moqui Idol
Dakota Idol
Peruvian Devil
Greek Siren
Chinese Magnetic Car
Ancient Coins of Tyre
Coin from Central America
Ancient Egyptian Plough
ATLANTIS:
THE ANTEDILUVIAN WORLD.

PART I.
THE HISTORY OF ATLANTIS.

C HAPTER I.
THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK .
T HIS 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 Baltie, 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 Ph nicians, 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 Ph nician 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.
13. That a few persons escaped in ships and on rafts, and carried to the nations east and west the tidings of the appalling catastrophe, which has survived to our own time in the Flood and Deluge legends of the different nations of the old and new worlds.
If these propositions can be proved, they will solve many problems which now perplex mankind; they will confirm in many respects the statements in the opening chapters of Genesis; they will widen the area of human history; they will explain the remarkable resemblances which exist between the ancient civilizations found upon the opposite shores of the Atlantic Ocean, in the old and new worlds; and they will aid us to rehabilitate the fathers of our civilization, our blood, and our fundamental ideas-the men who lived, loved, and labored ages before the Aryans descended upon India, or the Ph nician had settled i