Probabilities that America was Peopled from the Old World Considered Geographically and Physically.

Legends of Atlantis—Brasseur de Bourbourg’s Theory—The Subject Examined in the Light of Science—Retzius’ View—Le Plongeon’s Observations—Identity of European and American Plant Types—Revelations of the Dolphin and Challenger Expeditions—The Atlantic Floor—Challenger and Dolphin Ridges—“Challenger Plateau” probably once Dry Land—Identity of European and South American Fauna—Elevation and Depression of Coast Level—Of Greenland, the United States, and South America—The Gulf Stream—Equatorial Current—The Trade-Winds—Accidental Discovery of Brazil—America Probably Reached by Ancient Navigators—The Caras—Atolls of the Pacific Ocean—A Pacific Continent—Contiguity of the Continents at the North—Aleutian Islands—The Kuro-Suvo—Behring’s Straits—Inviting Appearance of the American Shore—Remoteness of the Migration—Prof. Grote’s View—Prof. Asa Gray’s Observations—Conditions Favorable to a Migration—Mr. John H. Becker’s Observations.

[CHAPTER XII.]

Conclusion.

APPENDIX.

  1. [MADISONVILLE EXPLORATIONS].
  2. [ELEPHANT PIPE].
  3. [CHARNAY EXPLORATION].
  4. [HOUSE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MOUND-BUILDERS AND PUEBLOS].

[INDEX]

THE
NORTH-AMERICANS
OF
ANTIQUITY.