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Atlantis: The Eighth Continent Hardcover – June 8, 1984
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Print length223 pages
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LanguageEnglish
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PublisherPutnam Adult
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Publication dateJune 8, 1984
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Dimensions20 x 20 x 20 inches
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ISBN-100399128921
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- Publisher : Putnam Adult; First Edition (June 8, 1984)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 223 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0399128921
- ISBN-13 : 978-0399128929
- Item Weight : 1.2 pounds
- Dimensions : 20 x 20 x 20 inches
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Atlantis has tantalized Western culture for millennia, but only since the 19th century has the topic of its existence become a touchstone of controversy between “believers” and “deniers”. Atlantis: The Eighth Continent by Charles Berlitz is a book in support of the mid-oceanic Atlantis over Mediterranean candidates or being a legend. Purporting to use the latest scientific and archaeological evidence—albeit in the mid-1980s—Berlitz looks to give strong proof that Plato’s Atlantis was real.
Bringing forth ruins and cultural evidence from both sides of the Atlantic, Berlitz began his argument by attempting to show a shared connection between numerous cultures across the world that seemed to be influenced by the same source. Then he became chronicling the scientific discoveries of unwater ruins, dismissed by scientists as natural phenomena, that prove ruins of an ancient civilization having existed in the mid-Atlantic. While a surface reading of this material is thought-provoking, Berlitz’s misunderstanding of geology undermined the book back in the mid-80s. The science of plate tectonics is the biggest problem with Berlitz’s book and the fact that his understanding is so wrong would make you shake your head.
While there are a lot Berlitz’s theories that just don’t stack up, he did expression layman ideas that surprisingly have begun to be debated within the scientific community though for reasons close to Atlantis. The first is that cataclysms can and do occur within the geological record, but his thoughts and evidence are nothing compared to Dr. Robert M. Schoch’s. The second was suggesting that an impact event occurred at the end of the last Ice Age that caused a sudden melting of ice, while scientists are beginning to believe an impact did occur it actually resulted in sudden cooling instead of heating. Yet these two ideas do not make up for all the incorrect assumptions Berlitz’s writes.
Atlantis: The Eighth Continent is packed full of cultural information from around the world that is its major appeal along with two ideas by the author that are now being debated by scientists but not to prove Atlantis. Frankly the evidence doesn’t prove Atlantis in the mid-Atlantic, but it’s a curious read nonetheless.
Bringing forth ruins and cultural evidence from both sides of the Atlantic, Berlitz began his argument by attempting to show a shared connection between numerous cultures across the world that seemed to be influenced by the same source. Then he became chronicling the scientific discoveries of unwater ruins, dismissed by scientists as natural phenomena, that prove ruins of an ancient civilization having existed in the mid-Atlantic. While a surface reading of this material is thought-provoking, Berlitz’s misunderstanding of geology undermined the book back in the mid-80s. The science of plate tectonics is the biggest problem with Berlitz’s book and the fact that his understanding is so wrong would make you shake your head.
While there are a lot Berlitz’s theories that just don’t stack up, he did expression layman ideas that surprisingly have begun to be debated within the scientific community though for reasons close to Atlantis. The first is that cataclysms can and do occur within the geological record, but his thoughts and evidence are nothing compared to Dr. Robert M. Schoch’s. The second was suggesting that an impact event occurred at the end of the last Ice Age that caused a sudden melting of ice, while scientists are beginning to believe an impact did occur it actually resulted in sudden cooling instead of heating. Yet these two ideas do not make up for all the incorrect assumptions Berlitz’s writes.
Atlantis: The Eighth Continent is packed full of cultural information from around the world that is its major appeal along with two ideas by the author that are now being debated by scientists but not to prove Atlantis. Frankly the evidence doesn’t prove Atlantis in the mid-Atlantic, but it’s a curious read nonetheless.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2008
During the early part of my research, I came across enough chatting about Atlantis that made me wonder if there's wasn't something to the Atlantis Myth. This was the first Berlitz work I encountered in my research and it was so good that ever since I have bought anything written by this man(Except his language books). He approaches his research methodically and for the most part in depth, though I have found a couple of his works which don't appear to be quite as thorough...one of his earlier works, and one which was more a sampling of interesting stories.
This work was excellent, and far better than his earlier attempt at the Atlantis "myth". Typically people who consider the reality of Atlantis are either completely enamoured of the subject or completely antagonistic towards it, usually because it so upsets conventional geologic theories as it would mean the earth changed radically during civilized times. To me the enamoured people seemed to me like they were part of some sort of lunatic fringe...
When I started to read this book I was in the middle, as I didn't know enough to be able to speak knowledgeably one way or the other. This book gave convincing evidence to the affirmative and made me look seriously at some things that otherwise I might have passed over.
Berlitz approaches the subject rationally and coherently. He seems a bit detached from his works as he never seems to positively identify himself with the complete agreement of his evidence...but I suppose that may be due to his determination to appear unbiased. Fair enough.
This is a highly recommendable book on the subject of Atlantis, and it will indeed allow you to take a fair look at the legends and see some very good evidence for the case. And to top it off it is very readable stuff. I enjoyed this work and subsequently bought every book I could find by this guy as he was so logistical, rational and methodical in his work.
The mainstream uniformitarian and evolutionary media and scholastic branches and those who hold fast to their opinions will not like Berlitzs' work simply because he researches stuff and finds all kinds of stuff the mainstream hides from the common man. This guy is not afraid to reveal much of the stuff out there and he presents it extremely well.
When My step dad wanted some interesting reading I handed him some of the better research book's I'd read and several of them were by Berlitz.
I highly recommend this one.
I'm truly surprised to find I'm the first person to review this great work!!!
During the early part of my research, I came across enough chatting about Atlantis that made me wonder if there's wasn't something to the Atlantis Myth. This was the first Berlitz work I encountered in my research and it was so good that ever since I have bought anything written by this man(Except his language books). He approaches his research methodically and for the most part in depth, though I have found a couple of his works which don't appear to be quite as thorough...one of his earlier works, and one which was more a sampling of interesting stories.
This work was excellent, and far better than his earlier attempt at the Atlantis "myth". Typically people who consider the reality of Atlantis are either completely enamoured of the subject or completely antagonistic towards it, usually because it so upsets conventional geologic theories as it would mean the earth changed radically during civilized times. To me the enamoured people seemed to me like they were part of some sort of lunatic fringe...
When I started to read this book I was in the middle, as I didn't know enough to be able to speak knowledgeably one way or the other. This book gave convincing evidence to the affirmative and made me look seriously at some things that otherwise I might have passed over.
Berlitz approaches the subject rationally and coherently. He seems a bit detached from his works as he never seems to positively identify himself with the complete agreement of his evidence...but I suppose that may be due to his determination to appear unbiased. Fair enough.
This is a highly recommendable book on the subject of Atlantis, and it will indeed allow you to take a fair look at the legends and see some very good evidence for the case. And to top it off it is very readable stuff. I enjoyed this work and subsequently bought every book I could find by this guy as he was so logistical, rational and methodical in his work.
The mainstream uniformitarian and evolutionary media and scholastic branches and those who hold fast to their opinions will not like Berlitzs' work simply because he researches stuff and finds all kinds of stuff the mainstream hides from the common man. This guy is not afraid to reveal much of the stuff out there and he presents it extremely well.
When My step dad wanted some interesting reading I handed him some of the better research book's I'd read and several of them were by Berlitz.
I highly recommend this one.
During the early part of my research, I came across enough chatting about Atlantis that made me wonder if there's wasn't something to the Atlantis Myth. This was the first Berlitz work I encountered in my research and it was so good that ever since I have bought anything written by this man(Except his language books). He approaches his research methodically and for the most part in depth, though I have found a couple of his works which don't appear to be quite as thorough...one of his earlier works, and one which was more a sampling of interesting stories.
This work was excellent, and far better than his earlier attempt at the Atlantis "myth". Typically people who consider the reality of Atlantis are either completely enamoured of the subject or completely antagonistic towards it, usually because it so upsets conventional geologic theories as it would mean the earth changed radically during civilized times. To me the enamoured people seemed to me like they were part of some sort of lunatic fringe...
When I started to read this book I was in the middle, as I didn't know enough to be able to speak knowledgeably one way or the other. This book gave convincing evidence to the affirmative and made me look seriously at some things that otherwise I might have passed over.
Berlitz approaches the subject rationally and coherently. He seems a bit detached from his works as he never seems to positively identify himself with the complete agreement of his evidence...but I suppose that may be due to his determination to appear unbiased. Fair enough.
This is a highly recommendable book on the subject of Atlantis, and it will indeed allow you to take a fair look at the legends and see some very good evidence for the case. And to top it off it is very readable stuff. I enjoyed this work and subsequently bought every book I could find by this guy as he was so logistical, rational and methodical in his work.
The mainstream uniformitarian and evolutionary media and scholastic branches and those who hold fast to their opinions will not like Berlitzs' work simply because he researches stuff and finds all kinds of stuff the mainstream hides from the common man. This guy is not afraid to reveal much of the stuff out there and he presents it extremely well.
When My step dad wanted some interesting reading I handed him some of the better research book's I'd read and several of them were by Berlitz.
I highly recommend this one.
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A rational methodical readable work of an interesting subject
By Rick M. Pilotte on October 3, 2008
I'm truly surprised to find I'm the first person to review this great work!!!By Rick M. Pilotte on October 3, 2008
During the early part of my research, I came across enough chatting about Atlantis that made me wonder if there's wasn't something to the Atlantis Myth. This was the first Berlitz work I encountered in my research and it was so good that ever since I have bought anything written by this man(Except his language books). He approaches his research methodically and for the most part in depth, though I have found a couple of his works which don't appear to be quite as thorough...one of his earlier works, and one which was more a sampling of interesting stories.
This work was excellent, and far better than his earlier attempt at the Atlantis "myth". Typically people who consider the reality of Atlantis are either completely enamoured of the subject or completely antagonistic towards it, usually because it so upsets conventional geologic theories as it would mean the earth changed radically during civilized times. To me the enamoured people seemed to me like they were part of some sort of lunatic fringe...
When I started to read this book I was in the middle, as I didn't know enough to be able to speak knowledgeably one way or the other. This book gave convincing evidence to the affirmative and made me look seriously at some things that otherwise I might have passed over.
Berlitz approaches the subject rationally and coherently. He seems a bit detached from his works as he never seems to positively identify himself with the complete agreement of his evidence...but I suppose that may be due to his determination to appear unbiased. Fair enough.
This is a highly recommendable book on the subject of Atlantis, and it will indeed allow you to take a fair look at the legends and see some very good evidence for the case. And to top it off it is very readable stuff. I enjoyed this work and subsequently bought every book I could find by this guy as he was so logistical, rational and methodical in his work.
The mainstream uniformitarian and evolutionary media and scholastic branches and those who hold fast to their opinions will not like Berlitzs' work simply because he researches stuff and finds all kinds of stuff the mainstream hides from the common man. This guy is not afraid to reveal much of the stuff out there and he presents it extremely well.
When My step dad wanted some interesting reading I handed him some of the better research book's I'd read and several of them were by Berlitz.
I highly recommend this one.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2004
I remember picking up this book years ago when I was in seventh grade and it still fascinates me today. Charles Berlitz makes a very readable and logical argument for the existence of Atlantis by revealing that many disparate cultures shared a legend about a lost civilization that was far ahead of its time. The photographs of other archeological sites are also interesting. I would suggest picking up a copy of Discovery of Atlantis by Robert Sarmast for a more current theory on the Atlantis legend along with this well written and enjyoyable book.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2014
I read this book years ago and it was great. All areas are and theories are covered starting with Plato, Crete (Thera), the Azores and Edgar Cayce's involvement in the story. Anyone interested in Atlantis that have not read this will find it highly worth while. Those new to the topic will come away excessively well informed.
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Do not be fooled by the mainstream answers and attitude on Atlantis, it was real
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2016Verified Purchase
A very interesting and concise work on Atlantis by a very professional man. The evidence, if required to prove its existence in court would prove beyond doubt that Atlantis was real, not a Myth. Those who think or call it a myth are clearly myth-taken -sorry, had to throw that in there. Do your own research, read about it, make up your own mind.
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