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    September 2023. Hi Atlantipedes, At present I am in Sardinia for a short visit. Later we move to Sicily and Malta. The trip is purely vacational. Unfortunately, I am writing this in a dreadful apartment, sitting on a bed, with access to just one useable socket and a small Notebook. Consequently, I possibly will not […]Read More »
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    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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Pierre Daniel Huet

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..

Huet, Pierre Daniel

Pierre Daniel Huet (1630-1721) was educated by Jesuits but also received lessons from the Huguenot pastor Samuel Borchartpierre-daniel-huet-1 who in time became his friend. However, Huet was eventually appointed the Catholic bishop of Soissons in 1685, but was not confirmed in the post by Pope Innocent XI because of his homosexuality. Subsequently, the succeeding Pope, Alexander VIII, appointed Huet bishop of Avranches.

Huet expressed similar views to Borchart, linking the biblical patriarchs and the story of Atlantis in his Demonstratio Evangelica[1007].   Lewis Spence accused[259.33] Huet along with Borchart and Vossius of ‘ingeniously misreading’ the Pentateuch in order to add credibility to this opinion.

*Stephen P. Kershaw notes[1585.197] that Huet, citing de Gomara, also concluded that the Mexicans were descended from the Atlanteans.*