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CONTENTS.

 

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PART I.

THE HISTORY OF ATLANTIS

Chap.

Page

I.

The Purpose of the Book ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1

II.

Plato's History of Atlantis ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

5

III.

The Probabilities of Plato's Story ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

22

IV.

Was Such a Catastrophe Possible? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

31

V.

The Testimony of the Sea ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

46

VI.

The Testimony of the Flora and Fauna ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

54

 

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PART II.

THE DELUGE.

I.

The Destruction of Atlantis described in the Deluge Legends ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

65

II.

The Deluge of the Bible ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

68

III.

The Deluge of the Chaldeans ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

75

IV.

The Deluge Legends of other Nations ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

85

V.

The Deluge Legends of America ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

98

VI.

Some Consideration of the Deluge Legends ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

119

 

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PART III.

THE CIVILIZATION OF THE OLD WORLD AND NEW COMPARED.

I.

Civilization an Inheritance ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

129

II.

The Identity of the Civilizations of the Old World and the New ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

136

III.

American Evidences of Intercourse with Europe or Atlantis ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

165