Atlantis: The Andes Solution : The Discovery of South America As the Legendary Continent of Atlantis - Hardcover

Allen, J. M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312219237 ISBN 13: 9780312219239

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999

Synopsis

The ancient city and lost continent of Atlantis was devastated by floods and earthquakes in about 9600 BC according to the Greek philosopher Plato. He wrote of its magnificence and described its geographical location in great detail. Over the centuries countless theories have grown up regarding its precise location. This book describes fully the background to these theories and other lines of conjecture that this tremendous finding has opened up. The final chapter is perhaps the most intriguing of all when the author finally reaches Bolivia and finds on the ground the physical traces of the huge canal that encircled the legendary plain containing the city so memorably described by Plato almost 2,500 years ago.

About this title

Book Description:

¿The Bolivian Altiplano is shaping up as by far the most promising candidate for the lost world of Atlantis¿ Geographical Magazine
¿Lays the groundwork for future research¿ The Mail on Sunday
¿Allen¿s free spirit and unquenchable curiosity makes you want to believe¿ The Express on Sunday

About the Author:

Jim Allen has been a cartographer and aerial intelligence interpreter for the Royal Air Force. He lives in Cambridge, UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0312219237
• ISBN 13: 9780312219239
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 173