Atlantis in the Atlantic Ocean – that is the favourite theory among
many scientists all over the world. Just because Plato mentioned an
empire in the Atlantic Ocean? No! There is considerable circumstancial
evidence for a land bridge or a huge island in the Atlantic Ocean.
According to Plato’s report, Atlantis should be situated between
Spain, North Africa and Central America. This is exactly where the
Canary Islands are – and the Atlantic Ridge, one of the world’s most
unstable regions. Moreover, this is also the location of the Azores
and, further westward, the Caribbean area with its huge and small
islands.
| picture above: In 1665, the
German Jesuite priest Athanasius Kircher created this inverted
map of Atlantis. Turning the map results in an image of the
Central Atlantic plateau around the Azores. What is unusual
about that is that people at that time had only little knowledge
about the nature of the sea bed. Were some ancient notes
available to the Jesuit priests enabling them to create such a
map? |
From time immemorial, the Atlantic Ridge from Iceland to South
America has been an area of considerable seismic activity. Volcanic
eruptions and earthquakes are nothing extraordinary.
The Atlantic Ocean – Catastrophes:
In 1669, a major part of the
notorious pirate island Port Royal sank due to an disastrous
earthquake.
In 1775, Lisbon, which is on a
parallel with the Azores at a latitude of 39 43'/36 55' N, was badly
hit by a devastating earthquake killing 60 000 people. Moreover,
both the harbour and the docks sank 200 metres to the ground.
In 1783, one fifth of the
Icelandic population fell victim to a catastrophic earthquake.
In 1811, on the Azores, a volcanic
island named “Sambrina“ rose some thousand metres to the surface and
sank again shortly after. The islands of Corvi and Flores constantly
change their shape and parts of them are swallowed up by the sea.
To the best of present knowledge there is an underwater area with
deep valleys and high mountains around the Azores and the Canary
Islands. Reducing the sea level by 150 metres to the Ice Age level
brings about a huge piece of land which, however, does not match the
dimensions Plato wrote about. Nevertheless, further westward, in the
Caribbean area, a huge land mass comes into existence which perfectly
meets Platos records.
The Atlantic Ocean – Facts:
In 1969, by order of Duke
University, an expedition to the Aves Ridge in the Caribbean Sea
found granite on fifty locations. Usually, granite is found only
onshore or where once had been solid ground.
In 1898, 750 km north of the
Azores, the transatlantic cable broke. On this occasion, rock
samples were taken from a depth of 17 000 fathoms. A close
examination came to the result that the rock samples consisted of
tachylyte, a lava-like substance. Yet this mineral would not emerge
unless above sea level and under atmospheric pressure. Moreover, it
will decompose after 15 000 years. This means that once there had
been mainland.
In a depth of up to 1 000 metres,
coastal sand was found on the reefs of the Azores. However, it
usually only appears on flat beaches.
In 1936, the Geological Society of
America conducted a study of sunken river canyons in the Atlantic
Ocean. It says that rivers on the European, the North African and
the American side sank into the continental sockets for up to 300 km
in length and 2 km in depth. That means that in the Pleistocene Age,
that is when mankind emerged, the sea level underwent a change in
depth up to 2 000 metres.
The Atlantic Ridge – one of the world’s most nororious regions in
terms of seismic activity. Decreasing the sea level by 300 to 400
metres brings about a huge land mass that would perfectly fit
Plato’s descriptions. In “Critias“, Plato writes: |
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| “(...)In the next place,
they had fountains, one of cold and another of hot water, in
gracious plenty flowing; and they were wonderfully adapted for use
by reason of the pleasantness and excellence of their waters. They
constructed buildings about them and planted suitable trees, also
they made cisterns, some open to the heavens, others roofed over,
to be used in winter as warm baths (...)“ |
Usually, these warm and cold springs manifest themselves within
continental zones. An example for this is Iceland where people use the
warm springs to supply themselves with heat and energy – just as Plato
put it.
Yet the Würm Ice Age 12 000 years ago is not a suitable candidate
to have reduced the sea level along the Atlantic Ridge. Did, then, the
catastrophe in the Atlantic Ocean indeed happen? That desaster with
its devastating earthquakes and inundations that caused the
mid-Atlantic Ridge to sink? Or is it all about an inundation of the
Caribbean area with its shallow waters? Also, the point in time when
the glaciers melted would perfectly meet the time of the disappearance
of Atlantis as has been indicated by Plato.
Read the following excerpt from the Critias dialogue:
| “(...)Let me begin by observing
first of all, that nine thousand was the sum of years which had elapsed
since the war which was said to have taken place between those who dwelt
outside the pillars of Heracles and all who dwelt within them; this war I am
going to describe. (...)“ |
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A
further mystery concerns the migrations of the European eels. These animals
spawn in the Sargasso Sea west of the United States of America. The newborn
eels start their three years long eastbound migration following the Gulf
Stream to the European rivers. Having reached sexual maturity they migrate
back to the Sargasso Sea within four months, however leaving the Azores to
their left this time. It has been proven that the eels need freshwater to
reach maturity but why do they venture on this long journey across the
Atlantic Ocean? 
