Edgar Dacque (1878-1945) was a leading German Professor of Palaeontology. It is reported that he supported (1927) the idea of Cape Verde as the site of Atlantis, but I have been unable to confirm this. His adherence to Theosophy coloured his professional writings, for example with his claim that homo sapiens existed at the time of the dinosaurs. Similar ideas are promoted today by other theosophists such as John S. Gordon, who has written two Atlantis related books.

It has been claimed^(a) that Dacque wrote to Hitler in the 1920’s regarding some of his occult ideas.

^(a) http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/hitler_occult.html