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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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Bircherod, Jens
Jens Bircherod (1664-1720) was a Swiss scholar who accepted that Atlantis had been situated in America and also speculated that the Phoenicians and Carthaginians had, by a fortuitous mixture of winds and currents, reached America, as noted briefly in his treatise, De orbe novo non novo schediasma [1473].
The historian, Manfred Petri, commented about Bircherod’s, “detailed and scholarly study” it says, among other things: ” Most of his arguments served to prove the knowledge of ancient authors of the New World . For support he consulted numerous passages from ancient writings, which, however, contained only vague hints about America.”(a)