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NEWS October 2024
October 2024 Hi to everyone I’m taking a break during the first two weeks of October, so there will be minimal activity on the site apart from the ongoing project of replacing broken links. Back Soon, Tony September 2023. Hi Atlantipedes, At present I am in Sardinia for a short visit. Later we […]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 »
Johann Christian Bock
Bock, Johann Christian (N)
Johann Christian Bock was a German theologian who in 1685 co-authored a
book with George Kaspar Kirchmaier, De Atlantide, ad Timaeum atque Critiam Platonis, in which they located Atlantis in South Africa. The Bavarian State Library has published a copy of the book (in Latin) online(a).
(a) https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/fs1/object/display/bsb10823756_00001.html
Kirchmaier, George Kaspar (t)
George Kaspar Kirchmaier (1635-1700) was a German professor who wrote a number of works on a variety of subjects, including, alchemy, unicorns and metallurgy. He was also a distinguished philologist.
At Wittenberg, where the Protestant Reformation began, Kirchmaier, with co-author Johann Bock, proposed in a 1685 book, De Atlantide, ad Timaeum atque Critiam Platonis, that Atlantis had been located in Africa. The Bavarian State Library has published a copy of the book (in Latin) online(a).
(a) https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/fs1/object/display/bsb10823756_00001.html