Finding Atlantis A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World

Name: Finding Atlantis A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World
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ISBN: 9781400047529

ISBN-10: 1400047528

ISBN-13: 9781400047529

Edition: 2005

Authors: David King

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The untold story of a fascinating Renaissance man on an adventurous hunt for a lost civilization—an epic quest through castles, courts, mythologies, and the spectacular world of the imagination. What do Zeus, Apollo, and the gods of Mount Olympus have in common with Odin, Thor, and the gods of Valhalla? What do these, in turn, have to do with the shades of Hades, the pharaohs of Egypt, and the glories of fabled Atlantis? In 1679, Olof Rudbeck stunned the world with the answer: They could all be traced to an ancient lost civilization that once thrived in the far north of Rudbeck’s native Sweden. He would spend the last thirty years of his life hunting for the evidence that would prove this…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/7/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

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