The Secret of Atlantis

London: Book Club Associates. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1978). Hardcover. Some foxing to top page edges. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. A nice copy of this title.; Book club reprint edition. xi, [1], 272, [1], [3 (blank)] pages + plates. Grey-green boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 226 x 142mm. Text in English, translated from German. "The mystery of the lost continent of Atlantis has tantalized us literally for thousands of years. There are references to a lost paradise and great civilization in most of the major mythologies of the world. Ever since Plato's acount of Atalntis, innumerable theories have been offered to explain its mysteries. One man for whom Atlantis was a lifetime passion was the German scientists and engineer Otto Muck, and his astounding conclusions will in many respects change our reading of history. Why, 12,000 years ago, did the last Ice Age recede so suddenly? Why did the planet wobble and shift its polar axis? Why did the Gulf Stream suddenly go thousands of miles north instead of circulating in the mid-Atlantic? Why is there a deep layer of lava around the Azores? These and many other fascinating quesions are answered by a man who took pains to research the subject as it never has been before." - from dust-jacket blurb. .