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Atlantis, The Antediluvian World Illustrated Edition

Ignatius Donnelly

This book created somewhat of a sensation in the literary and scientific world. Mr. Donnelly argues that Plato's story was true; that all the ancient civilizations of Europe and America radiated from this ancient kingdom, and that this is the reason we find pyramids, obelisks, and buildings almost I...

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So Supernatural

This book was published in 1882 after the author's extensive research into world cultures, art, and languages. It argued that all modern cultures evolved from the ancient civilization of Atlantis, which the author believed was a real, massive physical place situated centrally between continents.

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In 1882, just 12 years after Troy is discovered, a guy named Ignatius Donnelly enters the chat.

— Episode: DISAPPEARED: The Lost City of Atlantis

Episode: DISAPPEARED: The Lost City of Atlantis

This book was published in 1882 after the author's extensive research into world cultures, art, and languages. It argued that all modern cultures evolved from the ancient civilization of Atlantis, which the author believed was a real, massive physical place situated centrally between continents.

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In 1882, just 12 years after Troy is discovered, a guy named Ignatius Donnelly enters the chat.

After reviewing this wealth of information, he publishes his book called Atlantis, the Antediluvian World.

It says that Atlantis was a real physical place, and back in the day, it was massive.

As soon as Ignatius publishes his book, it instantly becomes a bestseller.

The Rest Is History

The conversation highlighted that Donnelly published this 1882 book linking Atlantis to ancient civilizations worldwide.

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If he had not in 1882, published a book called Atlantis, the Antediluvian World.

— Episode: 315: Atlantis: Legacy of the Lost Empire...

Episode: 315: Atlantis: Legacy of the Lost Empire (Part 2)

The conversation highlighted that Donnelly published this 1882 book linking Atlantis to ancient civilizations worldwide.

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If he had not in 1882, published a book called Atlantis, the Antediluvian World.

Behind the Bastards

It was briefly mentioned in the context of Helena Blavatsky's book, "The Secret Doctrine," where she differed from Donnelly's placement of Atlantis between Europe and America, positioning it in the far north instead.

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Although writing shortly after Ignatius Donnelly, whose Atlantis, the antediluvian world, launched the Atlantis craze, Blavatsky did not place Atlantis in between Europe and America as Donnelly had, b...

— Episode: Part Four: Helena Blavatsky: the woman w...

Episode: Part Four: Helena Blavatsky: the woman who inspire...

It was briefly mentioned in the context of Helena Blavatsky's book, "The Secret Doctrine," where she differed from Donnelly's placement of Atlantis between Europe and America, positioning it in the far north instead.

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Although writing shortly after Ignatius Donnelly, whose Atlantis, the antediluvian world, launched the Atlantis craze, Blavatsky did not place Atlantis in between Europe and America as Donnelly had, but rather in the far north, near the North Pole.

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