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Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic


Thomas Wentworth Higginson




Was there sporadic contact between Europe and North America as early as the Ice Ages? Long before the European voyages to the New World in the age of Discovery there were tales of islands far out in the 'world ocean.' Did these reflect pre-Columbian knowledge of the Americas or were just the human impulse to fill in the blanks?


  Journey with us from Bran's Mystical Island through time and space to: Atlantis, the elusive Antillia, the Fountain of Youth, Hy-Brasail, and the mysterious city of Norumbega.




"Detail from the Piri Reis Map"


Contents


List of Illustrations
Preface
I. The Story of Atlantis
II. Taliessin of the Radiant Brow
III. The Swan-Children of Lir
IV. Usheen in the Island of Youth
V. Bran the Blessed
VI. The Castle of the Active Door
VII. Merlin the Enchanter
VIII. Sir Lancelot of the Lake
IX. The Half-Man
X. King Arthur at Avalon
XI. Maelduin's Voyage
XII. The Voyage of St. Brandan
XIII. Kirwan's Search For Hy-Brasail
XIV. The Isle of Satan's Hand
XV. Antillia, the Island of the Seven Cities
XVI. Harald The Viking
XVII. The Search For Norumbega
XVIII. The Guardians of the St. Lawrence
XIX. The Island of Demons
XX. Bimini and the Fountain of Youth
Notes






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