Atlantis in America by Lewis Spence
Publication: 1925 William Rider & Son, Ltd Second Edition
Atlantis in America serves as a companion volume to Spence's earlier work, The Problem of Atlantis (1924), published just a year prior. In this follow-up, Lewis Spence argues that the lost civilization of Atlantis was not located in the Atlantic Ocean, as traditionally believed, but in the Americas—particularly Central and South America. He draws connections between Atlantis and the cultures of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca through similarities in mythology, religion, and architecture. Drawing on linguistics, archaeology, and folklore, Spence presents a speculative yet serious case that Plato’s Atlantis may have survived through the ancient civilizations of the New World.
Condition: publishers tan cloth boards, title to spine, tightly bound, pages clean, in Very Good condition