The empire of Atlantis [map] – Antique Map Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: The empire of Atlantis [map], preserved in this antique map. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The empire of Atlantis [map]
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Few pictures on a legendary island are as specific as this one: an engraved map of the imagined empire of Atlantis, made in 1882 as an illustration for Ignatius Donnelly's book "Atlantis: The Antediluvian World." Donnelly, a former Minnesota congressman, argued that the lost island was a real place in the Atlantic that had been destroyed and that its culture seeded the ancient civilizations of Egypt and the Americas. The book was a popular success and helped fuel the late nineteenth-century fascination with Atlantis, so this map shows how a scholarly-sounding theory was given the look of geography.
| Created / published | 1882 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Maps 1880-1890.Book illustrations 1880-1890.Engravings 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Atlantis: the antediluvian world / Ignatius Donnelly, 1882. |
| Subjects | Atlantis (Legendary place)--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 941 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-161942 |
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