03/03/2022
Athanasius Kircher's map of Atlantis, placing it in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, from Mundus Subterraneus 1669, published in Amsterdam. The map is oriented with south at the top. (Wikipedia) Even though this does put the Island in the middle of the Atlantic, I feel he drew it this way in order to follow some of the description given by Plato and to get our attention. Why orient the map as if we were looking at the Earth from North to South? Some information states the size of Atlantis is similar to ancient Anatolia. Its also interesting that he did not draw the capital city of concentric circles. However, he did place a hill/mountain in the middle and this is more than likely where Poseidon's wife Cleito lived. Her son Atlas protected her and ruled the main island. He gave his 9 siblings each their own territory to rule over as well. This could mean Atlantis might not have been one whole piece of land and still works with Plato's description. But were the other 9 territories tiny or small island size and were close enough to appear to be interconnected? What if the water line surrounding the territories constantly changes all day and at high tide flood the area and this creates the concentric circle pattern? Also, if Atlantis was supposed to be considered easily accessible from the corners of the Earth, then the middle of the Atlantic is not accurate. Hehe...
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