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    NEWS September 2023

    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 »
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    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 »
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Münster, Sebastian

Sebastian Münster (1488-1552) was a German Franciscan priest and important cartographer who was the first, in 1540, to show the two Americas joined to each other but unconnected to any other landmass(d). Under the word ‘Orbis’ in South America is written “Insula Atlantica” which simply means ‘Island of Atlantic’, but is claimed by some(a) to mean ‘Atlantis Island’!  Among supporters of this interpretation is Jim Allen(b), the leading proponent of ‘Atlantis in Bolivia’ theory and others, such as Dieter Groben, who seek to capitalise on his theory.(c)

(a) https://www.agefotostock.com/en/Stock-Images/Rights-Managed/IAM-020503

>(b) https://web.archive.org/web/20200306064759/http://www.atlantisbolivia.org/atlantisboliviapart3.htm<

(c) https://www.groben-turismo.com/en/atlantis-en.html (link broken Nov. 2019) See: https://atlantipedia.ie/samples/archive-3469/

(d)https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_America_by_Sebastian_Munster.JPG