Germain, Louis

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, connected to the Iberian peninsula and what was later known as Mauritania in North-West Africa together with the Azores, Canaries and the Cape Verde archipelagos^[0886].  He based his views on a study of molluscs on those islands, as well as his suggested ancient links with the European and African mainlands. 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.