Edward, David

David Edward is the author of Atlantis Solved: The Final Definitive Proof ^[1296], a slender 99-page volume published in 2022 that endeavours to prove that the Richat Structure was the location of Atlantis. The author claims to have been inspired by videos by Jimmy Corsetti, on the Bright Insight YouTube channel, who has been promoting the Structure as Atlantis for the past four years.

This identification has no archaeological or geological evidence to support it and more importantly, it conflicts with Plato’s account. These shortcomings are dealt with in greater detail in the Richat Structure entry here. However, Ulf Richter has succinctly pointed out that the feature is too wide (35km), too elevated (400 metres) and too far from the sea (500km) to be seriously considered as the location of Atlantis. To which I would add that with well over 3,000km between them, to launch an attack on Athens from Richat would have been totally impractical.

It is now being trailed that Edward’s second book, Fingerprints of the Atlanteans, will be published in late 2023. We can expect this to be a reprise of his first book. The pre-publication blurb ends with the claim that “this book changes everything!” I have heard that so many times before^(a)>and have always been disappointed. We can only hope that Edward does better this time rather than piggyback on Corsetti’s flawed ideas.<

^(a) 25% OFF PREORDER – Fingerprints of the Atlanteans – A History Of (archive.org) *