[409] Thesaurus Geogr., 1587, under Atlantis. See also under Gades and Gadirus. On folio 2 of his Theatrum orbis terrarum he rejects the notion that the ancients knew America, but in the index, under Atlantis, he says forte America.
[410] Bartolomé de las Casas, Historia de las Indias. Ed. De la Fuensanto de Valle and J. S. Rayon (Madrid, 1875), i. cap. viii. pp. 73-79.
[411] Taylor, in the introduction to the Timaeus, in his translation of Plato, regards as almost impious the doubts as to the truth of the narrative. The Works of Plato, vol. i. London, 1804.
[412] Thes. Geogr., s. v. Gadirus.
[413] Athanasii Kircherii Mundus subterraneus in xii. libros digestus (Amsterd., 1678), pp. 80-83. He gives a cut illustrative of his views on p. 82.
[414] Historia orbis terrarum geographica et civilis, cap. 5, § 2, hist. insul. I. C. Becmann, 2d ed. (Francfort on Oder, 1680). Title from British Museum, as I have been unable to see the work. The Allg. Deutsche Biographie says the first edition appeared in 1680. It was a book of considerable note in its day.
[415] De la Borde, Histoire abregée de la mer du Sud (Paris, 1791).
[416] J. B. G. M. Bory de St. Vincent, Essais sur les isles Fortunées et l’antique Atlantide (Paris, an xi. or 1803), ch. 7. Si les Canaries et les autres isles de l’ocean Atlantique offrent les débris d’un continent. pp. 427, etc. His map is given ante, p. 19.
[417] This is the second part of his Iles de l’Afrique (Paris, 1848), belonging to the series L’Univers. Histoire et description de tous les peuples, etc. Cf. also his Les îles fantastiques (Paris, 1845).
[418] G. R. Carli, Delle Lettere Americane, ii. (1780). Lettere, vii. and following; especially xiii. and following.