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Atlantis, the Antediluvian World

By: Ignatius Donnelly
Narrated by: Christopher Romance
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Atlantis: The Antediluvian World was published in 1882 by the Minnesotan author Ignatius L. Donnelly. He argues that all known ancient civilizations were descended from this lost land which once existed in the Atlantic Ocean, opposite the Mediterranean Sea. The author claimed that the description of this island given by Plato is not fable, but veritable history.

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bravo

the history of multiple cultures put together based on common origin as found in multiple sources. thought provoking

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Absolutely delightful

For history lovers and people with open minds, this is a fascinating rabbit hole with a lot of credibility.

The narrator does a great job going through dense content too, he also makes voices for all the different historical accounts being read from certain characters like Plato. It’s very professional

Civilization was much more advanced and older than we were taught. Humanity’s past is hidden and ridiculed to enslave us.

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Humanity essentially is a race war.

This book is, by today's standards, politically incorrect. I am surprised that Ignatius Donnelly was not murdered.

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Amazing!!!

I see a lot of people complaining of the narration and voices used for quotes. A bit silly sometimes, but regardless of that the info is superb. It amazes me that more people do not talk about this book, when talking about atlantis. Most people always quote Plato. This book goes far beyond Plato and covers a wide range of historical and linguistic evidence. If you are not aware of names of people groups and history it may be a hard book to understand, but I found it intriguing and informative. Obviously this is an audiobook, so you don't get some of the pictures and diagrams, but I suggest buying the book if your interested in that. I know I will be buying a hard copy myself for research and the book collection.

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Great content, obnoxious narration

I absolutely love this book. It's very interesting and well-researched. But the narrator is extremely distracting. He frequently mispronounces words and for some reason, he decided to create a unique voice for every person that he quotes. There are frequent quotations throughout this book and all of the different, unnecessary accents really take away from the content. The voices almost even seem mocking at times. If you can get past that, this is a great book and very eye-opening and convincing.

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Mauritania

Mauritania is starting to be the best possible location for Atlantis and I believe work needs to be done in this area. But yes from my studies all evidence from cultures across the world show religious stories to be fantastical stories created to explain past events and all correlate to point to a catastrophic event that hinder a great civilization but spread knowledge worldwide.

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Wonderful thesis, rich tapestry of logos, mispronounciations galore

With a topic that can easily be construed as pseudoscience, the author delicately weaves support for a very interesting set of theses giving credit to the myth of Atlantis. Rich historical accounts otherwise overlooked make this book worth the read. The narrator however had a hard tone pronouncing a lot words. Words like Madeira, zodiacal, deluge, even lava. And aMERcan. And the accents are ridiculous and discrediting. Otherwise good, clear voice and very interesting read.

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So very dated and racist, but good background

The glut of pseudoscience on tv makes hearing this, the foundational document of Atlantis woo, and Graham Hancock and Co.'s assault on learning very valuable. The argument for polygenesis, ie that not all races of man stem from the same creation, is orobably not one that gets alot if air time, but is central to the whole thesis of the book. Very cute.

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well written

Information was clear and easy to digest. I know many people and current scientists and anthropologist scoff at the ideas of Atlantis but after listening to this book. It makes a good argument. I feel there is much we don't know...or have forgotten about ourselves. it is just nice to hear different ideas I suppose.

Performance from the narrator was great! Has such a wide range of accents!

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Interesting story but those accents!

I only endured the obnoxious accents that the narrator used because I wanted to hear the story. I seriously wanted to punch him in the throat. I’d ask for my credit back if I thought I’d get it.

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