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Solon (639-559 B.C.)

Solon, pronounced
SOHluhn or SOHlahn
, was a famous lawmaker. He was
known as one of the seven wise men of Greece. He was born in Athens
of a noble family and became known as a poet. His poems played a
great part in urging the Athenians to regain the island of Salamis,
which had long been in foreign hands. He was given command of the
forces sent to take back the island, and he quickly conquered it.
Afterward, Solon was elected an archon (chief government official)
of Athens and was given the authority to change the
lawss.

Plato (427-347 B.C.)

Plato was a philosopher and educator in
ancient Greece, and was one of the most important thinkers and
writers in the history of Western culture. He was born in Athens to
one of the oldest and most distinguished families in the city. His
mother, Perictione, was related to Solon, the great Athenian
lawmaker. His father, Ariston, died when Plato was a child.

In 387 B.C., Plato founded a school of
philosophy and science that was known as The Academy. Some scholars
consider The Academy to have been the first university. They
investigated subjects as such astronomy, biological sciences,
mathematics, and political science. Plato lived in Athens and
headed the Academy for most of his life. His most distinguished
pupil at the Academy was the Greek philosopher Aristotle.

As a young man, Plato wanted to become a
politician. In 404 B.C., a group of wealthy men, including two of
Plato’s relatives, Critias and his uncle Charmides, established
themselves as dictators in Athens. They invited Plato to join them,
however, Plato refused to join because he did not like the group’s
cruel and unethical practices. In 403 B.C., the Athenians deposed
the dictators and established a democracy. Plato reconsidered
entering politics again but he decided not to when his friend, the
philosopher Socrates, was brought to trial and sentenced to death
in 399 B.C.

Socrates (470-399 B.C.)

Socrates was a Greek philosopher and teacher.
He was one of the most original, influential, and controversial
figures in ancient Greek philosophy and in the history of Western
thought. Before Socrates, Greek philosophy focused on the nature
and origin of the universe. Socrates redirected philosophy toward a
consideration of moral problems, and how people should best live
their lives. He urged his fellow Greeks to consider the moral
character of their souls and the search for knowledge of moral
ideas like justice as the most important things in life. He is
credited with saying, “The unexamined life is not worth
living.”

Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893)

Jowett was an English scholar and theologian.
He was born at Camberwell, in London, and was educated at St.
Paul’s School and Balliol College. When Jowett was twelve, he was
placed on the foundation of St Paul’s School, and at nineteen he
obtained an open scholarship to Balliol. He became a fellow, tutor,
Regius professor of Greek, Master, and vice chancellor at Balliol
College, Oxford.

In connection with the Greek
professorship, Jowett undertook a work on Plato which grew into a
complete translation of the
Dialogues
with introductory essays, and project
that was published in 1871 after ten years or more of work; he was
the first to translate Plato’s story of Atlantis from Greek to
English, and his place in literature rests mainly on his essays
about Plato.

Jowett had the merit of interpreting ideas,
but he sometimes did not pay close attention to details, which
resulted in errors in his writings.

Never married, Jowett died on October 1,
1893. His funeral was one of the most impressive ever seen in
Oxford. His pallbearers were seven heads of colleges and the
provost of Eton, all his former pupils.

Because Jowett discerned the capabilities of
his pupils, studied their characters, and sought to remedy their
defects by frank and searching criticism, they often became his
friends for life. Like another Socrates, he taught them to know
themselves, repressing vanity, encouraging the despondent, and
attracting everyone with his unobtrusive sympathy. This work
gradually made a strong impression, and those who cared for Oxford
began to speak of him as “the great tutor.”

As early as 1839, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, an
English churchman and dean of Westminster, had joined with
Archibald Campbell Tait, the future Archbishop of Canterbury, in
advocating certain university reforms. From 1846 onward, Jowett
threw himself into this movement. By 1848, it had become accepted
among the younger and more thoughtful fellows, and until it took
effect with the commission of 1850, and the act of 1854.

While scholars criticized particular
editions (and there were indeed many small errors to be later
removed in subsequent editions), it was generally agreed that he
had succeeded in making Plato’s work a classic.

Despite all of these accomplishments, Jowett
is primarily known for his theories on the history of Atlantis and
Shakespearean authorship. He wrote several books, including one on
his own theory on earth’s collision with a comet and another on
Francis Bacon’s supposed writing of Shakespeare’s plays.

Ignatius Donnelly
(1831-1901)

Ignatius Donnelly, born in Philadelphia, was
an American politician, reformer, and author. He studied law and
was admitted to the bar in 1852. In 1855, he married Katherine
McCaffrey, with whom he had three children. The family moved to
Minnesota in 1857. Together with several partners, Donnelly founded
a utopian community called Nininger City. However, the crash of
1857 doomed the attempts at a cooperative farm and community, and
left Donnelly deeply in debt.

Donnelly was lieutenant governor of
Minnesota from 1860-1863 and served in the U.S. House of
Representatives from 1863 to 1869, as a Republican representing
Minnesota. He later quit the party; he was also a state Senator
from 1874-1878. As a Congressman, Donnelly advocated extending the
powers of the Freedmen’s Bureau to provide education to the
freedmen, so they could protect themselves once the bureau was
withdrawn. He was also an early supporter of women’s suffrage.

Donnelly wrote part of the Populist Party
platform in 1892. This platform called for a federal income tax,
government ownership of railroads, an eight-hour work day, and
unlimited coinage of silver.

After leaving the state senate in
1878, he returned to the practice of law and writing. In 1882, he
published
Atlantis: The Antediluvian
World
, his best known work. It detailed his theories
concerning the mythical lost continent of Atlantis. He ran for
public office several times during the 1880s, including a losing
run for Congress, this time as a Democrat, in 1884. In 1887, he
successfully ran for the Minnesota State Legislature as an
Independent. During this period, he was also an organizer of the
Minnesota Farmers’ Alliance.

R. Cedric Leonard

Belonging to the Oklahoma
Anthropological Society enabled Leonard to participate in field
archaeology for a number of years. His Sanskrit studies, under
Prof. J. N. Mohante of the University of Oklahoma, also allowed him
to indulge his interest in ancient Hindu epic literature
involving
yantras
and
vimanas
(i.e., ancient Indian flying
machines described in the
Puranas
). Seeing Leonard’s interest in the
subject, Prof. Mohante brought certain fundamental Sanskrit texts
to his attention, sometimes helping with translating particularly
difficult texts into English—some of which can be found in the
Ancient Aeronautics section of the website.

Bio:
www.atlantisquest.com/bio.html

William Smith, West Chester, OH, United
States

William M. Smith, born in Indiana in
1942, Graduated from Purdue University in 1966 in Mechanical
engineering. He worked in manufacturing for the automotive industry
for 39 years, but has spent the last 35 years working in the
research and identification of tools used in ancient navigation. He
is the finder and owner of the Ohio Rock, as well as an online
Yahoo group called THOR (The Hunters of Ohio Rock). He has
published several papers relating to technology in navigation, from
Europe to America prior to Columbus in
Ancient American Magazine
and
Migration and Diffusion
. Smith has also given
presentations to many groups devoted to the research of ancient
world travel, and currently works in the field of Archaeology at
various sites around the United States.

Edward H. Thompson, Worcester, MA,
United States

Thompson was initially inspired by the books
of John Lloyd Stephens. He devoted much of his career to study of
the Maya civilization. In 1879, Popular Science Monthly published
“Atlantis Not a Myth”, an article by Thompson in which he argued
that the ancient Mayan monuments, which he had never seen except in
books, were proof of the lost continent of Atlantis[1]—an opinion
which his later research would change.

The article attracted the attention of
Stephen Salisbury III, scion of an American railroad baron and a
benefactor of the American Antiquarian Society, who persuaded
Thompson to move to Yucatán to explore the ruins on his behalf.
Senator George Frisbie Hoar of Massachusetts agreed to help
subsidize Thompson’s efforts by recommending him for the post of
United States consul to Yucatán.

Read more about him online:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Herbert_Thompson

About
the References

Normally, websites on the Internet are not
ideal sources to cite as references, but with research on subjects
such as Atlantis, there are no current academic journals, papers,
or positive articles to use as references. Most academic journals
and papers about Atlantis simply state that the story was probably
made up by Plato for various reasons. The Internet references in
this book are used to paint a positive picture of the Americas as
the former Kingdom of Atlantis. Therefore, it is up to the
researchers and readers to verify the Internet sources themselves
for truthfulness, accuracy, and reliability.

The Original Book

Atlantis: Ten Tribes of the
Americas
was the original book. It was designed to act
as a discussion starter for people who are not locked into their
beliefs regarding Atlantis and whether the story is true or not. It
also presents physical evidence, which speaks for itself. It is up
to the readers to study, do more research, and to make up their
minds about Atlantis.

About the Author

Dennis Brooks has spent over 20 years
researching Atlantis. In 1995 he found that the Florida Plain
matched the description Plato gave as the Plain of Atlantis. Since
then, he has been looking for other ways to connect Atlantis to the
Americas and Egypt. In 2012 he published a book called
Atlantis: Ten Tribes of the
Americas
.

Since then Mr. Brooks has added new
discoveries, ancient stories, and new terrain features that help
tell the story. He believes that with enough interest in the
subject, credibility may return to
Atlantis
as a topic of research. Atlantology may
one day go to college. Brooks has used this book to explain the
features of Atlantis in a way that will allow you to explore and
reference the information online. That makes this an interactive
workbook.

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