Chapter XI

PROBABILITIES THAT AMERICA WAS PEOPLED FROM THE OLD WORLD
CONSIDERED GEOGRAPHICALLY AND PHYSICALLY.

Legends of Atlantis — Brasseur de Bourbourg’s Theory — The
Subject Examined in the Light of Science — Retzius’ View — Le
Plongeon’s Observations — Identity of European and American
Plant Types — Revelations of the _Dolphin_ and _Challenger_
Expeditions — The Atlantic Floor — Challenger and Dolphin
Ridges — “Challenger Plateau” probably once Dry Land —
Identity of European and South American Fauna — Elevation and
Depression of Coast Level — Of Greenland, the United States,
and South America — The Gulf Stream — Equatorial Current —
The Trade-Winds — Accidental Discovery of Brazil — America
Probably Reached by Ancient Navigators — The Caras — Atolls
of the Pacific Ocean — A Pacific Continent — Contiguity
of the Continents at the North — Aleutian Islands — The
Kuro-Suvo — Behring’s Straits — Inviting Appearance of the
American Shore — Remoteness of the Migration — Prof. Grote’s
View — Prof. Asa Gray’s Observations — Conditions Favorable
to a Migration — Mr. John H. Becker’s Observations.

CHAPTER XII.

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX.

A. MADISONVILLE EXPLORATIONS.
B. ELEPHANT PIPE.
C. CHARNAY EXPLORATION.
D. HOUSE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MOUND-BUILDERS AND PUEBLOS.

INDEX

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NORTH-AMERICANS
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