Message #160305

[Autolocus]

FLORAL AND FAUNAL EVIDENCE OF CONNECTION WITH EUROPE
AND AFRICA

Professor Schuchert, reviewing the paper of Termier above
quoted, agrees in part and partly disagrees. He says:

The Azores are true volcanic and oceanic islands, and it is almost cer-
tain that they never had land connections with the continents on either
side of the Atlantic Ocean. If there is any truth in Plato's thrilling
account, we must look for Atlantis off the western coast of Africa, and here
we find that five of the Cape Verde Islands and three of the Canaries have
rocks that are unmistakably like those common to the continents. Tak-
ing into consideration also the living plants and animals of these islands,

Termier, pp. 228-229.
10 Ibid., pp. 230, 231.