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Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World

Donnelly, Ignatius

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01 - [Part I. The History of Atlantis]: Chapter I. The Purpose of the Book. (9:57)
02 - [Part I. The History of Atlantis]: Chapter II. Plato’s History of Atlantis. From “Plato has preserved for us…” to “I have told you the reason of them”. (27:28)
03 - [Part I. The History of Atlantis]: Chapter II. Plato’s History of Atlantis. From “The tale, which was of great length” to end of chapter. (30:09)
04 - [Part I. The History of Atlantis]: Chapter III. The Probabilities of Plato’s Story. (22:30)
05 - [Part I. The History of Atlantis]: Chapter IV. Was such a Catastrophe possible? (24:06)
06 - [Part I. The History of Atlantis]: Chapter V. The Testimony of the Sea. (10:01)
07 - [Part I. The History of Atlantis]: Chapter VI. The Testimony of the Flora and Fauna. (18:09)
08 - [Part II. The Deluge]: Chapter I. The Destruction of Atlantis described in the Deluge Legends. (8:56)
09 - [Part II. The Deluge]: Chapter II. The Deluge of the Bible. (20:36)
10 - [Part II. The Deluge]: Chapter III. The Deluge of the Chaldeans. (31:06)
11 - [Part II. The Deluge]: Chapter IV. The Deluge Legends of Other Nations. (25:38)
12 - [Part II. The Deluge]: Chapter V. The Deluge Legends of America. From “It is a very remarkable fact” to “the rising up of a subject population.” (24:59)
13 - [Part II. The Deluge]: Chapter V. The Deluge Legends of America. From “In 1836 C. S. Rafinesque” to end of chapter. (26:39)
14 - [Part II. The Deluge]: Chapter VI. Some Consideration of the Deluge Legends. (21:40)
15 – [Part III. The Civilization of the Old World and New Compared]: Chapter I. Civilization and Inheritance. (15:52)
16 - [Part III. The Civilization of the Old World and New Compared]: Chapter II. The Identity of the Civilizations of the Old World and the New. From “Architecture.—Plato…” to “…the tribes of South America”. (25:51)
17 - [Part III. The Civilization of the Old World and New Compared]: Chapter II. The Identity of the Civilizations of the Old World and the New. From “Customs.—Both peoples…” to end of chapter. (32:22)
18 - [Part III. The Civilization of the Old World and New Compared]: Chapter III. American Evidence of Intercourse with Europe or Atlantis. (10:31)
19 - [Part III. The Civilization of the Old World and New Compared]: Chapter IV. Corroborating Circumstances. (25:36)
20 - [Part III. The Civilization of the Old World and New Compared]: Chapter V. The Question of Complexion. (25:40)
21 – [Part III. The Civilization of the Old World and New Compared]: Chapter VI. Genesis Contains a History of Atlantis. (39:45)
22 – [Part III. The Civilization of the Old World and New Compared]: Chapter VII. The Origin of Our Alphabet. From “One of the most marvellous inventions…” to “The Greek ph is ###”. (23:06)
23 - [Part III. The Civilization of the Old World and New Compared]: Chapter VII. The Origin of Our Alphabet. From “The letter l in the Maya is in two forms…” to end of chapter. (48:37)
24 – [Part III. The Civilization of the Old World and New Compared]: Chapter VIII. The Bronze Age in Europe. (38:49)
25 – [Part III. The Civilization of the Old World and New Compared]: Chapter IX. Artificial Deformation of the Skull. (9:46)
26 - [Part IV. The Mythologies of the Old World a Recollection of Atlantis]: Chapter I. Traditions of Atlantis. (13:28)
27 - [Part IV. The Mythologies of the Old World a Recollection of Atlantis]: Chapter II. The Kings of Atlantis become the Gods of the Greeks. From “Lord Bacon said…” to “…the shores of the barbarians”. (22:34)
28 - [Part IV. The Mythologies of the Old World a Recollection of Atlantis]: Chapter II. The Kings of Atlantis become the Gods of the Greeks. From “The empire of the Titans…” to end of chapter. (23:04)
29 - [Part IV. The Mythologies of the Old World a Recollection of Atlantis]: Chapter III. The Gods of the Phœnicians also Kings of Atlantis. (9:41)
30 - [Part IV. The Mythologies of the Old World a Recollection of Atlantis]: Chapter IV. The God Odin, Woden, or Wotan. (8:12)
31 – [Part IV. The Mythologies of the Old World a Recollection of Atlantis]: Chapter V. The Pyramid, the Cross and the Garden of Eden. From “No fact is better established…” to “…received their opinions and civilization from them”. (30:44)
32 - [Part IV. The Mythologies of the Old World a Recollection of Atlantis]: Chapter V. The Pyramid, the Cross and the Garden of Eden. From “Let us look at the question…” to end of chapter. (27:53)
33 – [Part IV. The Mythologies of the Old World a Recollection of Atlantis]: Chapter VI. Gold and Silver the Sacred Metals of Atlantis. (13:01)
34 – [Part V. The Colonies of Atlantis]: Chapter I. The Central American and Mexican Colonies. (13:28)
35 – [Part V. The Colonies of Atlantis]: Chapter II. The Egyptian Colony. (24:16)
36 – [Part V. The Colonies of Atlantis]: Chapter III. The Colonies of the Mississippi Valley. (21:19)
37 – [Part V. The Colonies of Atlantis]: Chapter IV. The Iberian Colonies of Atlantis. (6:41)
38 – [Part V. The Colonies of Atlantis]: Chapter V. The Peruvian Colony. (26:53)
39 – [Part V. The Colonies of Atlantis]: Chapter VI. The African Colonies. (9:56)
40 - [Part V. The Colonies of Atlantis]: Chapter VII. The Irish Colonies from Atlantis. (27:41)
41 – [Part V. The Colonies of Atlantis]: Chapter VIII. The Oldest Son of Noah. (45:28)
42 – [Part V. The Colonies of Atlantis]: Chapter IX. The Antiquity of Some of Our Great Inventions. (39:37)
43 – [Part V. The Colonies of Atlantis]: Chapter X. The Aryan Colonies from Atlantis. (33:43)
44 – [Part V. The Colonies of Atlantis]: Chapter XI. Atlantis Reconstructed. (18:40)

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