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    NEWS September 2023

    September 2023. Hi Atlantipedes, At present I am in Sardinia for a short visit. Later we move to Sicily and Malta. The trip is purely vacational. Unfortunately, I am writing this in a dreadful apartment, sitting on a bed, with access to just one useable socket and a small Notebook. Consequently, I possibly will not […]Read More »
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    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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Houston, Edwin J.

Houston, Edwin (1847-1914) was an American professor of civil engineering, a consulting electrical engineer and a prolific author. One of his business ventures led to the formation of General Electric.

Included in his output is The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes[1280] that had a section on Atlantis, in which he found the idea of an Atlantic Atlantis quite credible along with the then popular idea that the Azores and the Canaries, along with other islands further south, were the remains of Plato’s lost land. He quoted in full Plato’s Atlantis texts.