{"id":3220,"date":"2010-06-07T17:55:52","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T17:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/fisher-doug\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T10:31:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:31:28","slug":"fisher-doug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/fisher-doug\/","title":{"rendered":"Fisher, Doug"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"mesopotamia<\/a>Doug <\/strong>F<\/strong>isher <\/strong>is the author of a long-awaited book with the intended title of T<\/em>he <\/em>A<\/em>tlantis <\/em>M<\/em>aps: <\/em>T<\/em>he <\/em>R<\/em>ise of <\/em>A<\/em>tlantis and the <\/em>F<\/em>all of a <\/em>P<\/em>aradigm <\/em>in which he identifies Atlantis as North and South America, with the Plain described by Plato being the region of Mesopotamia, in northeast Argentina<\/a>.\u00a0<\/b><\/span>The book was eventually published in 2018 as Maps, Myths and Paradigms<\/em> [1924<\/a>]<\/sup> with details of its contents listed on his website.(c)<\/sup> Four chapters had been available online(a)<\/sup> together with a few additional articles.<\/p>\n

Fisher has published an illustrated paper on Graham Hancock\u2019s website with the self-explanatory title of The Walls of Atlantis<\/em>(b)<\/sup>. His suggestion of a huge outer wall encircling the city of Atlantis has been disputed by Jim Allen<\/a>, provoking further comments(c)<\/sup> from Fisher.<\/p>\n

He has also criticised the methodology, which Allen used to place Atlantis on the Altiplano(d)<\/sup>,\u00a0while I question the credibility of both their theories.<\/p>\n

When Fisher’s book was finished and due for publication with its new title, he closed his old website and prepared a new site(e<\/sup>)<\/sup> to coincide with the publication of the book.<\/p>\n

Fisher has published two other papers(f<\/sup>)<\/sup> on Hancock’s website relating to the maps of Johannes Sch\u00f6ner and Oronteus Finaeus<\/a>. In October 2022 he published another paper on the same site, challenging the currently accepted theory of plate tectonics, highlighting weaknesses in the concept and proposing a fresh look at the expanding earth<\/a> hypothesis.<\/p>\n

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(<\/sup>a<\/sup>)<\/sup> http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210411013417\/https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/archive-2865\/<\/a> (no images)<\/p>\n

(b) <\/sup>https:\/\/grahamhancock.com\/fisherd3\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(c)<\/sup> http:\/\/www.abovetopsecret.com\/forum\/thread646457\/pg2 (halfway down the page) (link broken)<\/p>\n

(d)<\/sup> South America: The Definitive Geographic Location Of Atlantis, page 1 (archive.org)<\/a>
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(e)<\/sup> ht<\/a><\/span>tp:\/\/www.copheetheory.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(f)<\/sup> https:\/\/grahamhancock.com\/author\/doug-fisher\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(g) <\/sup>Maps, Myths & Paradigms – Graham Hancock Official Website<\/a>
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