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Atlantis: the Antideluvian World Atlantis: The Antideluvian World Ignatius Donnelly Atlantis: The Antideluvian World Table of Contents Atlantis: The Antideluvian World....................................................................................................................1 Ignatius Donnelly.....................................................................................................................................1 PART I. THE HISTORY OF ATLANTIS...........................................................................................................2 CHAPTER I. THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK.....................................................................................2 CHAPTER II. PLATO'S HISTORY OF ATLANTIS............................................................................3 CHAPTER III. THE PROBABILITIES OF PLATO'S STORY..........................................................11 CHAPTER IV. WAS SUCH A CATASTROPHE POSSIBLE?..........................................................16 CHAPTER. V. THE TESTIMONY OF THE SEA...............................................................................21 CHAPTER VI. THE TESTIMONY OF THE FLORA AND FAUNA................................................23 PART II. THE DELUGE....................................................................................................................................27 CHAPTER I. THE DESTRUCTION OF ATLANTIS DESCRIBED IN THE DELUGE LEGENDS.............................................................................................................................................27 CHAPTER II. THE DELUGE OF THE BIBLE...................................................................................29 CHAPTER III. THE DELUGE OF THE CHALDEANS....................................................................32 CHAPTER IV. THE DELUGE LEGENDS OF OTHER NATIONS..................................................37 CHAPTER V. THE DELUGE LEGENDS OF AMERICA.................................................................43 CHAPTER VI. SOME CONSIDERATION OF THE DELUGE LEGENDS.....................................54 PART III. THE CIVILIZATION OF THE OLD WORLD AND NEW COMPARED....................................59 CHAPTER I. CIVILIZATION AN INHERITANCE..........................................................................59 CHAPTER II. THE IDENTITY OF THE CIVILIZATIONS OF THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW MOSAICS AT MITLA, MEXICO.............................................................................................62 CHAPTER III. AMERICAN EVIDENCES OF INTERCOURSE WITH EUROPE OR ATLANTIS............................................................................................................................................74 CHAPTER IV. CORROBORATING CIRCUMSTANCES................................................................77 CHAPTER V. THE QUESTION OF COMPLEXION........................................................................83 CHAPTER VI. GENESIS CONTAINS A HISTORY OF ATLANTIS...............................................87 CHAPTER VII. THE ORIGIN OF OUR ALPHABET........................................................................95 CHAPTER VIII. THE BRONZE AGE IN EUROPE.........................................................................105 CHAPTER IX. ARTIFICIAL DEFORMATION OF THE SKULL..................................................114 PART IV. THE MYTHOLOGIES OF THE OLD WORLD A RECOLLECTION OF ATLANTIS.............116 CHAPTER I. TRADITIONS OF ATLANTIS....................................................................................117 CHAPTER II. THE KINGS OF ATLANTIS BECOME THE GODS OF THE GREEKS...............120 CHAPTER III. THE GODS OF THE PHOENICIANS ALSO KINGS OF ATLANTIS..................131 CHAPTER IV. THE GOD ODIN, WODEN, OR WOTAN..............................................................133 CHAPTER V. THE PYRAMID, THE CROSS, AND THE GARDEN OF EDEN...........................135 CHAPTER VI. GOLD AND SILVER THE SACRED METALS OF ATLANTIS..........................146 PART V. THE COLONIES OF ATLANTIS...................................................................................................149 CHAPTER I. THE CENTRAL AMERICAN AND MEXICAN COLONIES..................................149 CHAPTER II. THE EGYPTIAN COLONY.......................................................................................152 CHAPTER III. THE COLONIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY................................................158 CHAPTER IV. THE IBERIAN COLONIES OF ATLANTIS...........................................................164 CHAPTER V. THE PERUVIAN COLONY.......................................................................................166 CHAPTER VI. THE AFRICAN COLONIES.....................................................................................172 CHAPTER VII. THE IRISH COLONIES FROM ATLANTIS.........................................................174 CHAPTER VIII. THE OLDEST SON OF NOAH..............................................................................180 CHAPTER IX. THE ANTIQUITY OF SOME OF OUR GREAT INVENTIONS...........................188 CHAPTER X. THE ARYAN COLONIES FROM ATLANTIS........................................................195 CHAPTER XI. ATLANTIS RECONSTRUCTED.............................................................................202 i Atlantis: The Antideluvian World Ignatius Donnelly This page copyright © 2001 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com • PART I. THE HISTORY OF ATLANTIS. • CHAPTER I. THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK. • CHAPTER II. PLATO'S HISTORY OF ATLANTIS. • CHAPTER III. THE PROBABILITIES OF PLATO'S STORY. • CHAPTER IV. WAS SUCH A CATASTROPHE POSSIBLE? • CHAPTER. V. THE TESTIMONY OF THE SEA. • CHAPTER VI. THE TESTIMONY OF THE FLORA AND FAUNA. • PART II. THE DELUGE. • CHAPTER I. THE DESTRUCTION OF ATLANTIS DESCRIBED IN THE DELUGE LEGENDS. • CHAPTER II. THE DELUGE OF THE BIBLE • CHAPTER III. THE DELUGE OF THE CHALDEANS. • CHAPTER IV. THE DELUGE LEGENDS OF OTHER NATIONS. • CHAPTER V. THE DELUGE LEGENDS OF AMERICA. • CHAPTER VI. SOME CONSIDERATION OF THE DELUGE LEGENDS. • PART III. THE CIVILIZATION OF THE OLD WORLD AND NEW COMPARED. • CHAPTER I. CIVILIZATION AN INHERITANCE. • CHAPTER II. THE IDENTITY OF THE CIVILIZATIONS OF THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW MOSAICS AT MITLA, MEXICO • CHAPTER III. AMERICAN EVIDENCES OF INTERCOURSE WITH EUROPE OR ATLANTIS. • CHAPTER IV. CORROBORATING CIRCUMSTANCES. • CHAPTER V. THE QUESTION OF COMPLEXION. • CHAPTER VI. GENESIS CONTAINS A HISTORY OF ATLANTIS • CHAPTER VII. THE ORIGIN OF OUR ALPHABET • CHAPTER VIII. THE BRONZE AGE IN EUROPE. • CHAPTER IX. ARTIFICIAL DEFORMATION OF THE SKULL. • PART IV. THE MYTHOLOGIES OF THE OLD WORLD A RECOLLECTION OF ATLANTIS. • CHAPTER I. TRADITIONS OF ATLANTIS. • CHAPTER II. THE KINGS OF ATLANTIS BECOME THE GODS OF THE GREEKS. • CHAPTER III. THE GODS OF THE PHOENICIANS ALSO KINGS OF ATLANTIS. • CHAPTER IV. THE GOD ODIN, WODEN, OR WOTAN. • CHAPTER V. THE PYRAMID, THE CROSS, AND THE GARDEN OF EDEN. • CHAPTER VI. GOLD AND SILVER THE SACRED METALS OF ATLANTIS. • PART V. THE COLONIES OF ATLANTIS. • CHAPTER I. THE CENTRAL AMERICAN AND MEXICAN COLONIES. • CHAPTER II. THE EGYPTIAN COLONY. • CHAPTER III. THE COLONIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY • CHAPTER IV. THE IBERIAN COLONIES OF ATLANTIS • CHAPTER V. THE PERUVIAN COLONY. • CHAPTER VI. THE AFRICAN COLONIES. • CHAPTER VII. THE IRISH COLONIES FROM ATLANTIS. • CHAPTER VIII. THE OLDEST SON OF NOAH. Atlantis: The Antideluvian World 1 Atlantis: The Antideluvian World • CHAPTER IX. THE ANTIQUITY OF SOME OF OUR GREAT INVENTIONS. • CHAPTER X. THE ARYAN COLONIES FROM ATLANTIS. • CHAPTER XI. ATLANTIS RECONSTRUCTED. Produced by Norman Wolcott 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 fluctuous lore −−FESTUS. PART I. THE HISTORY OF ATLANTIS. CHAPTER I. THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK. 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
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