Show LOST ATLAXTIS ILATOSSTOllY OP TJIB ISLAND SOME IXTZ11ESTIMJ TI1EOUIE3 An anelentantl pitIll resqne Greek myth claimed the tilttcnco of a cUubratul bland AtlantIs I cun pored to IIITO existed nt a Tory early period In the Atlantic ocean and to Have eventually been to thoroughly df > troyeJ by au earttiqtiakc that the Atlantic rolled over the lOt where it ouco HourkhtxI Plato Wild tliu tlntto gIven com prchemive account of the lanU credltluK what intoniiatlou he gave to the prltta of Egypt lib story was tantlally as iollotrt I n the Atlantic Ocean not a great ditincufroni the rlhtarnvflicreuhca Ulbraltar wad an Island of greater extent thau all Asia and Africa taken together nUll In Its vicinity were other islands from which was n pa83 e to a large continent lying far beyond the fartliest west The Mediterranean iomrared with the vast ocean In which tlicse IsNnJs were situated ncmbled a mesa harbor har-bor with a narrow entnncc Nine thoufainl years before this island of Atlantis was thickly bottled and very powerful It has cowjuered all Africa even as far as Egypt and Its sway extended over 1uroiie as far as the Tyrrhenulan Sea situated between Coraiiit and Italy The further prugrtfs of iU ronciue b > however was checked by the Greek ftatcs A short limit alter this a violent earthquake which continued for nearly day and night and na accompanied by enormous waves and Inundations of the Ha caused the blind to sink nnil for tome ceu turlcB euleet uent to this the sea In that quarter was imro < aule owing to the reef and the hoaL Such was the hUtory of thclaud as Plato gave It Other ancient writers uefecrlbfd ho I Inland as ex tremcly productive producing wIno and gr and fruit in abundance Thru went extensive and rich pasture grouiii rich mines of IlOth l thu kiM and tine lulu era cast and valuable lorcttx hot and mlntrnl springs Commerce was carried on on a vast lIe The laud wax rich and plentiful every way There were ten kingdom each governed by a king who claimed to be descended from Nep tune = nd uhltcuingcd peace brooded 1 over all There ivcre nu mernus and vpleudld clth and many populous town ° Thu harbore sheltered vtrKIs that raided the protiucts of every country then ndfx known and Neptune was the Inn clial lesisLitor and divinity of the people aCUte lotl bud There hate been many theories advanced and many books written on thefculjeit One theory held In ti > ecial favor by many fcholars b that America is the Atlantis of Plato and many arguments are advanced ad-vanced In Duppurt of this Idea For I instance Ills easy to connect lIe legend of the lost Atlantis with the remains of a very remote civilization civiliza-tion which aro now found In Mexico and Central Americawhere thereon nil us of cities the stylo of whme architecture carries us back to Pda gic Unit and one writer states that the religious rymbol and ornaments cotinecUU with there remains re-mains call Etrongly to mlnJ the mysteries of early Greek antiquity flieje curioin remains of a grand civilization ant long anterior to Mexican times and attention is called to the curious information ol the American continent along the aborts of the Gulf of Mexico where everythingImllcaUu iInklnc at a remote melon silo vntttrartnf lmil tliubltcof Shi1hinih It i is raid Is now occujilcd IIJT Uio water of the gulf Thu mountain tojs of this tunken land now appear as Mand formIng thu group of the Wt tidIer I Other theories held ore Hint At both was actually tltualcd in the Athntc octau and point to the Cauane the Azores and the Madeira Ma-deira isles a hiving forned portion of it and romo writers haTcelaimtd that llcxtviiiled n Car as 1cwouud land Aicir 1crl icdpcr |