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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
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 »
Gulf of Guinea
Fernando Pó
Fernando Pó now called Bioko is an island in the Gulf of Guinea off the west coast of Africa. One site(a) has described Fernando Poo together with other islands (see São Tomé and Príncipe) in the Gulf of Guinea as the remnants of Atlantis. This idea was probably sparked by a myth on the African mainland which tells of the destruction of a large landmass in the Gulf and recorded by Albert Slosman, who spent some time in nearby Cameroon.
>(a) https://web.archive.org/web/20190416084610/http://www.metrum.org/mapping/atlantis.htm<
Yanshin, Aleksandr Leonidovich
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe are two islands in the Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of the West African state of Gabon. The website(a) dedicated to the work of Livio Stecchini unequivocally identifies São Tomé as the island of Atlantis referred to by Pliny the Elder (VI 36, 199).
>(a) https://web.archive.org/web/20190416084610/http://www.metrum.org/mapping/atlantis.htm<