The Untold Story of One Man's Quest for a Lost
World
In 1679, Renaissance man Olof Rudbeck stunned the world. He
proposed that an ancient lost civilization once thrived in the far
north of his native Sweden: the fabled Atlantis. Rudbeck would
spend the last thirty years of his life hunting for the evidence
that would prove this extraordinary theory.
Chasing down clues to that lost golden age, Rudbeck
combined the reasoning of Sherlock Holmes with the daring of
Indiana Jones. He excavated what he thought was the acropolis of
Atlantis, retraced the journeys of classical heroes, opened
countless burial mounds, and consulted rich collections of
manu*s and artifacts. He eventually published his findings in
a 2,500-page tome titled Atlantica, a remarkable work replete with
heroic quests, exotic lands, and fabulous creatures.
Three hundred years later, the story of Rudbeck’s
adventures appears in English for the first time. It is a thrilling
narrative of discovery as well as a cautionary tale about the
dangerous dance of genius and madness.