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tale was preserved by the Arabian geographers, believed it true, and were fortified in their belief by numerous traditions of islands in the western sea, which offered various points of resemblance to Atlantis. Such in particular were the See also:

Greek Isles of the Blest, or Fortunate Islands, the Welsh See also:

AVALON (also written AVALLON, AVOLLON, AVILION and AVELION)

Avalon, the Portuguese See also:

ANTILIA

Antilia or Isle of Seven Cities, and St See also:

BRENDAN, BRANDON

Brendan's island, the subject of many sagas in many See also:

LANGUAGES

languages. These, which are described in See also:

SEPARATE

separate articles, helped to maintain the tradition of an earthly See also:

PARADISE (Gr. lrap6BEwos)

paradise which had become associated with the myth of Atlantis; and all except Avalon were marked in maps of the 14th and 15th centuries, and formed the See also:

OBJECT

object of voyages of See also:

DISCOVERY

discovery, in one See also:

case (St Brendan's island) until the 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. In See also:

early legends, of whatever See also:

NATIONALITY

nationality, they are almost invariably described in terms which closely resemble See also:

HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer's See also:

account of the island of the Phaeacians (Od. viii.)—a fact which may be an indication of their See also:

COMMON

common origin in some folk-tale current among several races.

Somewhat similar legends are those of the island of See also:

Brazil (q.v.), of See also:

LYONNESSE, LYONESSE, LEONNOYS

Lyonnesse (q.v.), the sunken See also:

LAND

land off the Cornish See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, of the lost See also:

Breton See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Is, and of Mayda or Asmaide—the See also:

French Isle Verte and Portuguese Ilha Verde or " See also:

Green Island "—which appears in many folk-tales from Gibraltar to the See also:

HEBRIDES, THE, or WESTERN ISLES

Hebrides, and until 1853 was marked on See also:

ENGLISH

English charts as a See also:

rock in 440 48' N. and 26° 1o' W. After the See also:

RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance, with its renewal of See also:

INTEREST

interest in Platonic studies, numerous attempts were made to rationalize the myth of Atlantis. The island was variously identified with See also:

AMERICA

America, Scandinavia, the Canaries and even See also:

PALESTINE

Palestine; ethnologists saw in its inhabitants the ancestors of the Guanchos, the See also:

BASQUES

Basques or the See also:

ancient Italians; and even in the 17th and 18th centuries the credibility of the whole legend was seriously debated, and sometimes admitted, even by See also:

MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE (1533-1592)

Montaigne, See also:

BUFFON, GEORGE LOUIS LECLERC, COMTE DE (1707-1788)

Buffon and See also:

VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE (1694–1778)

Voltaire. For the theory that Atlantis is to be identified with See also:

CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)

Crete in the Minoan See also:

period, see " The Lost See also:

CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

Continent " in The Times (See also:

LONDON

London) for the 19th of See also:

FEBRUARY

February 1909. See also " Dissertation sur l'Atlantide " in T. H. See also:

Martin's Etudes sur le Timee (1841).

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