: He claimed the Azores were the surviving mountain peaks of the sunken continent. Historical Context and Influence
Donnelly used a wide array of cross-disciplinary data—most of which has since been discredited by modern science—to build his case: Atlantis The Antediluvian World
Donnelly's primary argument is that Plato’s account of Atlantis was largely factual. He proposed that Atlantis was: : He claimed the Azores were the surviving
is a seminal pseudoarchaeological book published in 1882 by Ignatius L. Donnelly , a Minnesota politician and author. The work is credited with launching the modern "lost civilization" genre and remains the foundational text for many alternative history theories. Core Thesis: Hyperdiffusionism Donnelly , a Minnesota politician and author
: He argued that the universal "Flood Myth" found in nearly every culture (Noah, Deucalion, Manu, etc.) was a collective memory of the catastrophic sinking of Atlantis.