Atlantis The Antediluvian World Online

Donnelly used a wide array of cross-disciplinary data—most of which has since been discredited by modern science—to build his case:

: He noted the existence of similar plants (like corn and tobacco) and animals on both sides of the Atlantic, suggesting they were once connected. Atlantis The Antediluvian World

: He argued that the universal "Flood Myth" found in nearly every culture (Noah, Deucalion, Manu, etc.) was a collective memory of the catastrophic sinking of Atlantis. Donnelly used a wide array of cross-disciplinary data—most

: It was an instant bestseller, reaching its eleventh edition within its first few years. Atlantis The Antediluvian World

: His theories influenced everything from H.P. Lovecraft’s fiction to modern films like Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire and the work of modern alternative historians like Graham Hancock. Master of Disaster, Ignatius Donnelly