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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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Jean Andre De Luc
De Luc, Jean Andre
Jean Andre De Luc (1727-1817) was a Swiss geologist and meteorologist who moved to England in 1773 and shortly afterwards was made a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1778 he was the first person to use the term ‘geology’ in a recognisably modern sense. He also suggested the existence of a lost continent in the Indian Ocean foreshadowing the 20th century theories involving Sundaland.