Tissot, Charles

Charles Joseph Tissot (1828-1884) was a French diplomat who was appointed ambassador to Constantinople (1880). In 1884 he authored Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie^(a) in which he echoed the views of Ignatius Donnelly and promoted the idea of Atlantis in the Atlantic, “where there must have existed a vast continent of which the Canaries and the Azores may be considered to be the remnants.”

>Although he never associated North Africa with Atlantis, he was very interested in the history of the region. Atlantisforschung notes that “In 1863 Tissot presented a dissertation, written in Latin, on his studies of Lake Triton (De Tritonide lacu). In it he argued, based on ancient texts – including by Herodotus, Pomponius Mela, and Ptolemy – and with reference to the (controversial) discovery of an old shipwreck near Nefta, that today’s Chott el Djerid is a remnant of the legendary, dry Lake Triton^(b).” <

^(a) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5747887n/f5.image.r=diodore+atlantes+berb%C3%A8res.langFR.swfv (French)

^(b) Charles Joseph Tissot – Atlantisforschung.de (atlantisforschung-de.translate.goog) *