An A-Z Guide To The Search For Plato's Atlantis

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    NEWS October 2024

    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

    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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Gerardus Vossius

Vossius, Gerardus Johannis

Gerardus Johannis Vossius (Gerrit Vos) (1577-1649) was a Dutch humanist who suggested the Holy Land as the location of Gerardus_Johannes_VossiusAtlantis. His view was that the Atlantis story was a backdrop to the patriarchal history in the Bible. Lewis Spence claimed that this idea was the result of “an ingenious misreading of the Pentateuch”, an accusation he leveled at other writers of that period, including Samuel Borchart and Pierre Daniel Huet..