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OCTOBER 2024 The recent cyber attack on the Internet Archive is deplorable and can be reasonably compared with the repeated burning of the Great Library of Alexandria. I have used the Wayback Machine extensively, but, until the full extent of the permanent damage is clear, I am unable to assess its effect on Atlantipedia. At […]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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Placcius, Vincent (L)
Vincent Placcius (1642-1699) was an eminent German philologist and was a professor of “morals and eloquence” for twenty five years until his death. His 1659 book, Atlantis Retecta (Atlantis Revealed)[920], he wrote about the first voyage of Christopher Columbus and in which he expressed the view that America was Atlantis. It seems that he was just a teenager when he wrote the book!