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September 2023. Hi Atlantipedes, At present I am in Sardinia for a short visit. Later we move to Sicily and Malta. The trip is purely vacational. Unfortunately, I am writing this in a dreadful apartment, sitting on a bed, with access to just one useable socket and a small Notebook. Consequently, I possibly will not […]Read More »
Joining The Dots
I have now published my new book, Joining The Dots, which offers a fresh look at the Atlantis mystery. I have addressed the critical questions of when, where and who, using Plato’s own words, tempered with some critical thinking and a modicum of common sense.Read More »
LaBorde, Jean Benjamin de
Jean-Benjamin De LaBorde (1734-1794) was best known as a musician 
from the age of 14 but was also a historian and cartographer(a). In his Histoire abregeee de la Mer du Sud [1266]+, it appears he was the first to suggest a sunken continent in the South Pacific with New Zealand and other island groups being today’s remnants>of a lost land comparable with Plato’s Atlantis.
However, Atlantisforschung suggests that LaBorde was more inclined to associate America with Atlantis(b).<
Unfortunately, his musical and scientific interests were curtailed when his association with Louis XV led him to the guillotine.
[1266]+ https://books.google.com.vc/books?
(a) Wayback Machine (archive.org)
(b) Jean Benjamin de La Borde – Atlantisforschung.de (atlantisforschung-de.translate.goog) *