Atlantis: The Antediluvian World (1882 Donnelly), arch-fi book
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Atlantis: The Antediluvian World (1882) is an arch-fi book by Ignatius Donnelly.
Abstract
The book speculated about the existence of the pre-diluvian civilization of Atlantis, a large island which once existed in the Atlantic Ocean. This was the Atlantis to which Plato referred to in his work. Atlantis was the first region where humankind rose from a state of barbarism to civilization. This mighty and populous nation colonized Egypt, North Europe and the South American regions. Atlantis perished in a cataclismatic event (that would be remembered in ancient mythologies as the Great Flood).
In Donnelly's view the biblical narratives about the Garden of Eden, the Progenitors and the Great Flood should be viewed as one of the many ancients mythological recollections of such historical events. Donnelly however did not connect directly any specific biblical character to Atlantis, as Edward Vaughan Hyde Kenealy had done in 1872 by reinvented Enoch as the king of Atlantis and other authors would do after him.
Editions
Published in New York, NY: Harper & Bros., 1882