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: His theories influenced everything from H.P. Lovecraft’s fiction to modern films like Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire and the work of modern alternative historians like Graham Hancock. Master of Disaster, Ignatius Donnelly

: He claimed the Azores were the surviving mountain peaks of the sunken continent. Historical Context and Influence Atlantis The Antediluvian World

Donnelly's primary argument is that Plato’s account of Atlantis was largely factual. He proposed that Atlantis was: : His theories influenced everything from H

: A large island in the Atlantic Ocean where humanity first transitioned from barbarism to civilization. Atlantis The Antediluvian World

: He argued that the universal "Flood Myth" found in nearly every culture (Noah, Deucalion, Manu, etc.) was a collective memory of the catastrophic sinking of Atlantis.