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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 »
Peter Heylyn
Heylyn, Peter
Peter Heylyn (1599-1662) was a cleric with an interest in history and geography. He was a prolific writer, including Cosmographie [1260/1273], in which he endeavoured to record every detail of the known world of 1652. Thorwald C. Franke notes [1255.285] that Heylyn believed that a submerged Atlantis existed in the Atlantic.
Wells, Edward
Edward Wells (1667-1727) was an English mathematician, geographer and controversial theologian. In a 1701 work, A Treatise of Antient and Present Geography [1259.146], he refers to the belief of some, linking America with Plato’s Atlantis, although he avoids revealing his own opinion on the matter. He refers to Cosmographie by Peter Heylyn (1599-1662),>where arguments that the ancients had knowledge of America are more fully expounded. Thorwald C. Franke discusses Wells in his 2016 book [1255.321], and concluded that Wells thought that Atlantis had been situated in the Atlantic!<