Louis Germain (1878-1942) was a French zoologist who was among a number of commentators during the early part of the 20^th century that identified Atlantis as a continent in the Atlantic, either physically  linking or providing a steppingstone between what we now call the Old and New worlds. Improved geological and bathymetric studies gradually led to the abandonment of these ideas. Pierre Termier, a geologist, quoted Germain’s work to reinforce his own view that Atlantis had been located in the Atlantic.