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Legendary islands of the Atlantic; a study in medieval geography

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« Reply #30 on: July 19, 2009, 02:54:17 am »

" R. F. Scharff: Some Remarks on the Atlantis Problem, Proc. Royal Irish A cad..
Vol. 24, Section B, 1903, pp. 268-302; reference on p. 297.

14 Idem: European Animals: Their Geological History and Geographical Distri-
bution, London and New York, 1907, pp. 102 and 104.



22 ATLANTIS

but they may have been given for some supposed resemblance
of outline or other fancy. There is this in favor of Dr. Scharff 's
supposition : the name Corvo in its original form Corvis Marinis
(Island of the Sea Crows) appears to have been prompted by the
abundance of birds of a particular species possibly cormorants,
possibly black skimmers and not by any typical bird form
of the island itself. Also Pico, now named for its peak, was called
the Isle of the Doves, and wild doves or pigeons are said to abound
still on its mountain side. But, if we assume by analogy that Li
Conigi (Rabbit Island) and Capraria (Goat Island) were so
named by reason of the pre-Portuguese wild rabbits and goats,
these may be the donations of earlier visitants or settlers Italian,
Carthaginians, or what not. We cannot well believe that wolves
were voluntarily brought by man to Lovo (Lobo), now St.
Mary's; but here there may have been some mistake, as of dogs
run wild or some play of imitative fancy, as before indicated. In
any case these archaic island names are a long way from being
convincing evidence of former land connection with any conti-
nent, still less of the former existence of Atlantis.

More recently Navarro, in an argument mainly geological, has
also called attention to the continental character of some species
of the fauna and flora of the eastern Atlantic islands, with the
same implications as his predecessors. 16 But there seems to be
little real addition to the evidence of this nature; and no one has
made it more apposite to the existence of Atlantis Island 12,000
or so years ago.
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