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NEWS DECEMBER 2022
Atlantipedia will be wound down in 2023. After nearly twenty years compiling Atlantipedia on my own, and as I am now approaching my 80th birthday, I have decided to cut back on the time I dedicate to developing this website. An orderly conclusion rather than an enforced one is always preferable before the Grim Reaper […]Read More »
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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Lozano, Pedro
Pedro Lozano (1697-1752) arrived in South America from Spain as a teenager and studied at the National University of Córdoba in Argentina and became a professor of philosophy and theology. He was ordained as a Jesuit priest and worked in Paraguay as an ethnographer and historian.
The Atlantisforschung.de website informs us(a) “In the first volume of his extensive Historia de la conquista del Paraguay, Rio de la Plata y Tucuman, Lozano proves to be an ardent admirer of Plato, who acknowledged the historicity of his Atlantis account in principle.” He placed Atlantis in the Atlantic with the survivors of its destruction migrating to America.