Atlantis Encyclopedia

Joseph, editor-in-chief of Ancient American, states in his introduction that his encyclopedia does not set out to prove the existence of Atlantis but the facts he provides are evidence of something factual behind the legend. Whatever the merits of that claim, Joseph has certainly gathered an impressive number of relevant facts and figures about geology, astronomy, oceanography, and especially folklore traditions throughout the world concerning the loss of an ancestral island of great splendor. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR