Erskine, Douglas

Douglas Erskine was a pseudonym of the Canadian author John Stuart Buchan (1852-1927), not to be confused with the author John Buchan who wrote the ever-popular The 39 Steps.

Erskine was the author of A Bit of Atlantis which although a novel, the author wrote an extensive 49-page Introduction that includes much of the Atlantis text written by Plato. He also follows Ignatius Donnelly’s views regarding the location of Atlantis, which he situated on part of the Mid Atlantic Ridge, which was then known as ‘Dolphin’s Ridge’, incorporating the Azores. Erskine’s book, which can be read online^(a), includes Donnelly’s map of Dolphin’s Ridge.

^(a) https://archive.org/stream/bitofatlantis00erskrich#page/49/mode/1up