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Lost Continents
''Lost Continents: The Atlantis Theme in History, Science, and Literature'' is a study by L. Sprague de Camp. It is considered one of his most popular works. It was written in 1948, and first published serially in the magazine ''Other Worlds Science Fiction'' in 1952-1953; portions also appeared as articles in ''Astounding Science Fiction'', ''Galaxy Science Fiction'', ''Natural History Magazine'', and the ''Toronto Star''. It was first published in book form by Gnome Press in 1954; an updated edition was published by Dover Publications in 1970. De Camp revised the work both for its first book publication and for the updated edition.〔Laughlin, Charlotte, & Levack, Daniel J. H. ''De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography'', San Francisco, Underwood/Miller, 1983, pages 76-77.〕〔Chalker, Jack L., & Owkings, Mark, ''The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998'', Westminster, MD and Baltimore, Mirage Press, Ltd., 1998, page 303.〕
==Overview==
L. Sprague de Camp enjoyed debunking doubtful history and pseudoscientific claims. The work provides a detailed examination of theories and speculations on Atlantis and other lost lands, including the scientific arguments against their existence.
He explains the origins of the Atlantis legend in Plato's ''Timaios'' and ''Kritias'' dialogues and how it has been continued, developed and imitated by later theorists, speculators, scientific enquirers, enthusiasts, occultists, quacks, and fantasists throughout history. Major speculative locales as Atlantis, Mu and Lemuria are covered in depth, with the origins of lesser-known ones such as Thule, Hyperborea and Rutas also treated. The work shows how the misinterpretation of Mayan writings created the Mu-myth, and how the name Lemuria originated from the geological hypothesis about a land bridge between India and South Africa. Modern usage of the concept in speculative fiction is gone into, as are the various attempts to discover the "real" Atlantis.
The 1970 edition was updated to reflect the rehabilitation of Alfred Wegener's continental drift theory and investigation of the ancient volcanic eruption of the Aegean island of Thera. This eruption is considered by many who think that Plato's account of Atlantis' destruction had an underlying historical basis, to be that basis.
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