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Book SynopsisThe legend of Atlantis is one of the most intriguing mysteries of all time. Disproving many well-known Atlantis theories and providing a new hypothesis, the evidence for which continues to build, Andrew Collins shows that what Plato recounts is the memory of a major cataclysm at the end of the last Ice Age 13,000 years ago, when a comet devastated the island of Cuba and submerged part of the Bahaman landmass in the Caribbean. He parallels Plato’s account with corroborating ancient myths and legends from the indigenous people of North and South America, such as the Maya of Mesoamerica, the Quiché of Peru, the Yuchi of Oklahoma, the islanders of the Antilles, and the native peoples of Brazil.
Trade Review“Collins has compiled the most thoughtful, comprehensive, and rational book ever written on the controversial topic of Atlantis. Skeptics deny that Plato’s Atlantis existed, but in this book compelling evidence is presented showing that an unrecognized and sophisticated maritime culture existed in the Atlantic during the last Ice Age.” * Gregory Little, Ed.D., psychologist, explorer, and author of The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native *
“Collins produces a tantalizing pattern of oral and written evidence that Atlantis not only existed but probably was destroyed by a comet some 13,000 years ago.” * Boston Herald *
“Collins proves an engaging conductor of an exegetical tour of Plato’s writings about a civilization in the Western Ocean that vanished when a natural catastrophe befell its homeland. His book [will] enamor imaginations sparked by the legend of lost Atlantis.” * Booklist *
“Probably the most substantial and well researched book on Atlantis since Ignatius Donnelly.” * Colin Wilson, Daily Mail *
“A bold and imaginative attempt to understand the destruction of the legendary city of Atlantis, the creation of Mesoamerican civilization, and the end of the last Ice Age.” * Kirkus Reviews *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface to the New Edition Clue to the Great Catastrophe Prologue The Quest Begins
Part OneDiscovery1 The Old Priest Speaks
2 Egyptian Heritage
3 The Atlanticus
4 The View over Atlantis
5 Isles of the Blest
6 Forty Days’ Sail
7 Clues to Catastrophe
Part Two
Contact8 Dealing in Drugs
9 Olmecs and Elephants
10 The Murex Merchants
11 Shipwrecks and Sailors
12 Atlantic Voyagers
Part Three
Conquest13 The Return to Paradise
14 The Exalted One
15 Fair Gods from Afar
16 People of the Serpent
17 The Old, Old Red Land
18 Hispaniola versus Cuba
Part Four
Destruction19 The Ole Moon Broke
20 Rattling of the Pleiades
21 Cosmic Pinball
22 End of the Ice Age
Part Five
Emergence
23 Sunken Secrets
24 Out of the Blue
Epilogue The New Quest for Atlantis
Notes Bibliography
Index
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