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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Atlantis, Phantom island, Terra Australis, New South Greenland, Thule, Jave la Grande, St. Brendan's Island, Antillia, Crocker Land Expedition, Island of California, Cassiterides, Brazil, Aurora Islands, Sannikov Land, Saxemberg Island, St. Matthew Island, Bermeja, Maria Theresa Reef, Royal Company's Islands, Thompson Island, Mayda, Isles Phelipeaux and Pontchartrain, Frisland, Matsyn Island, Dougherty Island, Emerald Island, Willoughby's Land, Pepys Island, Rupes Nigra, Bacalao, Pactolus Bank, Bradley Land, Filippo Reef, Nimrod Islands, Haymet Rocks, Wachusett Reef, Buss Island, Ernest Legouve Reef, Elizabeth Island, Isle of Demons, Podesta, Baltia, Schjetman Reef, Taprobana, Krusenstern Island, Estotiland, Rocabarraigh, Buyan, Anson Archipelago, Rivadeneyra Shoal, Isle of Mam, Keenan Land, Groclant, Royllo, Torca Island, Los Jardines, Nakanotorishima, Jacquet Island. Excerpt: Atlantis (in Greek, "island of Atlas") is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written about 360 BC. In Plato's account, Atlantis was a naval power lying "in front of the Pillars of Hercules" that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9,000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BC. After a failed attempt to invade Athens, Atlantis sank into the ocean "in a single day and night of misfortune." Scholars dispute whether and how much Plato's story or account was inspired by older traditions. Some scholars argue Plato drew upon memories of past events such as the Thera eruption or the Trojan War, while others insist that he took inspiration from contemporary events like the destruction of Helike in 373 BC or the failed Athenian invasion of Sicily in 415-413 BC. The possible existence of a genuine Atlantis was discussed throughout classical antiquity, but it was usually rejected ...
