The Antediluvian World

The Antediluvian World

Ignatius L. Donnelly, populist writer and amateur scientist, known primarily now for his theories concerning Atlantis (1831-1901)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- MOTTO

-03- PART I. THE HISTORY OF ATLANTIS

-04- CHAPTER I. THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK

-05- CHAPTER II. PLATO'S HISTORY OF ATLANTIS

-06- CHAPTER III. THE PROBABILITIES OF PLATO'S STORY

-07- CHAPTER IV. WAS SUCH A CATASTROPHE POSSIBLE

-08- CHAPTER VI. THE TESTIMONY OF THE FLORA AND FAUNA

-09- PART II. THE DELUGE

-10- CHAPTER I. THE DESTRUCTION OF ATLANTIS DESCRIBED IN THE DELUGE LEGENDS

-11- CHAPTER II. THE DELUGE OF THE BIBLE

-12- CHAPTER III. THE DELUGE OF THE CHALDEANS

-13- CHAPTER IV. THE DELUGE LEGENDS OF OTHER NATIONS

-14- CHAPTER V. THE DELUGE LEGENDS OF AMERICA

-15- CHAPTER VI. SOME CONSIDERATION OF THE DELUGE LEGENDS

-16- PART III. THE CIVILIZATION OF THE OLD WORLD AND NEW COMPARED

-17- CHAPTER I. CIVILIZATION AN INHERITANCE

-18- CHAPTER II. THE IDENTITY OF THE CIVILIZATIONS OF THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW

-19- CHAPTER III. AMERICAN EVIDENCES OF INTERCOURSE WITH EUROPE OR ATLANTIS

-20- CHAPTER IV. CORROBORATING CIRCUMSTANCES

-21- CHAPTER V. THE QUESTION OF COMPLEXION

-22- CHAPTER VI. GENESIS CONTAINS A HISTORY OF ATLANTIS

-23- CHAPTER VII. THE ORIGIN OF OUR ALPHABET

-24- CHAPTER VIII. THE BRONZE AGE IN EUROPE

-25- CHAPTER IX. ARTIFICIAL DEFORMATION OF THE SKULL

-26- PART IV. THE MYTHOLOGIES OF THE OLD WORLD A RECOLLECTION OF ATLANTIS

-27- CHAPTER I. TRADITIONS OF ATLANTIS

-28- CHAPTER II. THE KINGS OF ATLANTIS BECOME THE GODS OF THE GREEKS

-29- CHAPTER III. THE GODS OF THE PHŒNICIANS ALSO KINGS OF ATLANTIS

-30- CHAPTER IV. THE GOD ODIN WODEN OR WOTAN

-31- CHAPTER V. THE PYRAMID THE CROSS AND THE GARDEN OF EDEN

-32- CHAPTER VI. GOLD AND SILVER THE SACRED METALS OF ATLANTIS

-33- PART V. THE COLONIES OF ATLANTIS

-34- CHAPTER I. THE CENTRAL AMERICAN AND MEXICAN COLONIES

-35- CHAPTER II. THE EGYPTIAN COLONY

-36- CHAPTER III. THE COLONIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY

-37- CHAPTER IV. THE IBERIAN COLONIES OF ATLANTIS

-38- CHAPTER V. THE PERUVIAN COLONY

-39- CHAPTER VI. THE AFRICAN COLONIES

-40- CHAPTER VII. THE IRISH COLONIES FROM ATLANTIS

-41- CHAPTER VIII. THE OLDEST SON OF NOAH

-42- CHAPTER IX. THE ANTIQUITY OF SOME OF OUR GREAT INVENTIONS

-43- CHAPTER X. THE ARYAN COLONIES FROM ATLANTIS

-44- CHAPTER XI. ATLANTIS RECONSTRUCTED