The Shadow of Atlantis

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Summary: A down-to-earth pladoyer for the myth of Atlantis
Review: This book was a fun to read, though I am quite suspicious towards people who seemingly try to convince the reader of the very existence of Atlantis. And here is the thing: the author does not. Instead I was surprised how calm the authors is in trying to prove the case for the sunken continent thereby astonishingly using facts, that were reestablished only after the radio-carbon dating method was invented after the war. (don`t forget this book was written in the 30s). Though no piece of evidence has ever been found, no dagger, no tablet, no piece of paper..., but the author does a terrific job for his time to dwell on old legends of this planet`s people who tell of visitors from other continents, from islands vanished and so on, thereby accidently proving something that has long been thought impossible: the very crossing of the Atlantic ocean by Europeans as well as Africans. In summery the authors leaves the existence of Atlantis to the imagination of the reader, but instead does a terrific job at pointing at the paths, that lead to the myth.