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Atlantis, the Antediluvian World

by Ignatius Donnelly

[1882]


Introduction by J.B. Hare
Additional Information About Donnelly by Norm Wolcott


Title Page
Contents

Part I

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

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

Chapter I: Civilization an Inheritance.
Chapter II: The Identity of the Civilizations of the Old World and the New
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

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

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.
Chapter IX: The Antiquity of Some of Our Great Inventions.
Chapter X: The Aryan Colonies From Atlantis.
Chapter XI: Atlantis Reconstructed.