{"id":417,"date":"2009-12-31T07:29:29","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T07:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/?p=417"},"modified":"2026-10-07T09:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T08:42:50","slug":"dominique-alexandre-godron-amended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/dominique-alexandre-godron-amended\/","title":{"rendered":"Godron, Dominique Alexandre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dominique Alexandre<\/strong> <strong>G<\/strong><strong>odron<\/strong> <strong>(1807-1880) <\/strong>was a French botanist and professor of natural history at the University of Nancy, who, in 1868, founded <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/godron.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26880\" src=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/godron.jpg\" alt=\"godron\" width=\"210\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u201cThe School of Atlantis\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/north-africa\/\">North Africa<\/a>. Godron believed that Atlantis was to be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/sahara-desert\/\">Sahara<\/a> desert and in 1867, delivered a series of lectures<sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\">(a)<\/span><\/sup> on the subject at the University. Both Godron and <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/berlioux-etienne-felix\/\">Berlioux<\/a> were inspired by the writings of <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/diodorus-siculus\/\">Diodorus Siculus<\/a>, who wrote extensively about ancient <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/north-africa\/\">North Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#Atlantisforschungde\">Atlantisforschung<\/a> informs us that\u00a0Godron was also interested in\u00a0pre-Columbian\u00a0voyages to <a href=\"#America\">America<\/a> by Asian and European seafarers at the same time, and published at least two papers on this<sup>(b)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Godron was known to have corresponded with his contemporary Charles Darwin, on botanical matters.<\/p>\n<div><sup>(a)<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.ie\/books\/about\/L_Atlantide_et_le_Sahara.html?id=aoZTAAAAcAAJ&amp;redir_esc=y\">https:\/\/books.google.ie\/books\/about\/L_Atlantide_et_le_Sahara.html?id=aoZTAAAAcAAJ&amp;redir_esc=y<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 (French)<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><sup>(b)<\/sup>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantisforschung-de.translate.goog\/index.php?title=Dominique_Alexandre_Godron&amp;_x_tr_sl=de&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp\">Dominique Alexandre Godron \u2013 Atlantisforschung.de (atlantisforschung-de.translate.goog)<\/a> (Eng)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominique Alexandre Godron (1807-1880) was a French botanist and professor of natural history at the University of Nancy, who, in 1868, founded \u201cThe School of Atlantis\u201d in North Africa. Godron believed that Atlantis was to be found in the Sahara desert and in 1867, delivered a series of lectures(a) on the subject at the University. 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