Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World — Page 4
Now, in the language of Frederick Schlegel, "the deeper and more comprehensive the researches of the moderns have been, the more their regard and esteem for Herodotus has increased."
Nun, in den Worten Friedrich Schlegels: „Je tiefer und umfassender die Forschungen der Modernen gewesen sind, desto mehr ist ihre Achtung und Wertschätzung für Herodot gestiegen."
Buckle says, "His minute information about Egypt and Asia Minor is admitted by all geographers."
Buckle sagt: „Seine genauen Informationen über Ägypten und Kleinasien werden von allen Geographen anerkannt."
There was a time when the expedition sent out by Pharaoh Necho to circumnavigate Africa was doubted, because the explorers stated that after they had progressed a certain distance the sun was north of them;
Es gab eine Zeit, in der die von Pharao Necho ausgesandte Expedition zur Umsegelung Afrikas bezweifelt wurde, weil die Forscher angaben, dass die Sonne nach einer gewissen Strecke nördlich von ihnen stand;
this circumstance, which then aroused suspicion, now proves to us that the Egyptian navigators had really passed the equator, and anticipated by 2100 years Vasquez de Gama in his discovery of the Cape of Good Hope.
dieser Umstand, der damals Verdacht erregte, beweist uns nun, dass die ägyptischen Seefahrer tatsächlich den Äquator überquert hatten und Vasquez de Gama bei seiner Entdeckung des Kaps der Guten Hoffnung um 2100 Jahre vorweggenommen hatten.
If I succeed in demonstrating the truth of the somewhat startling propositions with which I commenced this chapter, it will only be by bringing to bear upon the question of Atlantis a thousand converging lines of light from a multitude of researches made by scholars in different fields of modern thought.
Wenn es mir gelingt, die Wahrheit der einigermaßen überraschenden Thesen zu beweisen, mit denen ich dieses Kapitel begonnen habe, so wird dies nur dadurch geschehen, dass ich auf die Frage von Atlantis tausend zusammenlaufende Lichtstrahlen aus einer Vielzahl von Forschungen richte, die Gelehrte auf verschiedenen Gebieten des modernen Denkens angestellt haben.
Further investigations and discoveries will, I trust, confirm the correctness of the conclusions at which I have arrived.
Weitere Untersuchungen und Entdeckungen werden, so vertraue ich, die Richtigkeit der Schlussfolgerungen bestätigen, zu denen ich gelangt bin.
Vocabulary
- Nun
- Now; used to introduce a new point or statement
- in
- In; preposition indicating location or inclusion
- den
- The; definite article accusative masculine or dative plural
- Worten
- Words; plural dative form of Wort
- Je
- The; used in correlative comparisons, the more...
- tiefer
- Deeper; comparative form of tief
- und
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- umfassender
- More comprehensive; comparative of umfassend
- die
- The; definite article feminine or plural nominative
- Forschungen
- Research studies; plural of Forschung
- der
- The; definite article genitive feminine or plural
- Modernen
- The moderns; those of the modern era
- gewesen
- Been; past participle of sein
- sind
- Are; third person plural present of sein
- desto
- The; used in desto mehr comparisons meaning all the more
- mehr
- More; indicating greater quantity or degree
- ist
- Is; third person singular present of sein
- ihre
- Their; possessive pronoun third person plural
- Achtung
- Respect; high regard or esteem for someone
- Wertschätzung
- Appreciation; high valuation or esteem for something
- für
- For; preposition indicating purpose or beneficiary
- gestiegen
- Risen; past participle of steigen, to rise
- sagt
- Says; third person singular present of sagen
- Seine
- His; possessive pronoun third person masculine singular
- genauen
- Accurate; adjective meaning precise or exact information
- Informationen
- Information; plural noun for data or details provided
- über
- About; preposition meaning concerning or over something
- Ägypten
- Egypt; country in northeastern Africa along the Nile
- Kleinasien
- Asia Minor; peninsula forming western part of modern Turkey
- werden
- Are; auxiliary verb for passive or future constructions
- von
- By; preposition indicating agent or origin
- allen
- All; indefinite pronoun meaning every one without exception
- Geographen
- Geographers; scholars who study geography and maps
- anerkannt
- Acknowledged; past participle meaning recognized or accepted
- Es
- It; neuter pronoun used as subject placeholder
- gab
- Gave; past tense of geben, here meaning there was
- eine
- A; indefinite article feminine nominative singular
- Zeit
- Time; period or era when something occurred
- Pharao
- Pharaoh; title of rulers of ancient Egypt
- ausgesandte
- Dispatched; adjective meaning sent out on a mission
- Expedition
- Expedition; organized journey for exploration or research
- zur
- For the; contraction of zu der indicating purpose
- Umsegelung
- Circumnavigation; sailing around a landmass by ship
- Afrikas
- Africa's; genitive form of Afrika the continent
- bezweifelt
- Doubted; past participle meaning questioned or disputed
- wurde
- Was; past tense auxiliary forming passive constructions
- weil
- Because; subordinating conjunction giving reason or cause
- Forscher
- Researchers; scholars or scientists conducting investigations
- angaben
- Reported; past tense of angeben meaning to state
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a subordinate clause
- Sonne
- Sun; the star at the center of our solar system
- nach
- After; preposition indicating direction or sequence
- einer
- A; indefinite article dative feminine singular form
- gewissen
- Certain; adjective meaning a particular or definite amount
- Strecke
- Distance; a stretch or length of a route traveled
- nördlich
- To the north; directional adjective or adverb meaning northward
- ihnen
- Them; dative personal pronoun third person plural
- stand
- Stood; past tense of stehen meaning to be positioned
- dieser
- This; demonstrative pronoun masculine nominative singular
- Umstand
- Circumstance; a specific condition or fact in context
- damals
- Back then; adverb referring to a past time period
- Verdacht
- Suspicion; a feeling that something is doubtful or wrong
- erregte
- Aroused; past tense of erregen meaning to cause or stir
- beweist
- Proves; third person singular present of beweisen
- uns
- Us; first person plural accusative or dative pronoun
- nun
- Now; adverb indicating present moment or logical conclusion
- ägyptischen
- Egyptian; adjective referring to ancient or modern Egypt
- Seefahrer
- Seafarers; sailors or navigators who travel by sea
- tatsächlich
- Actually; adverb confirming something really occurred or existed
- Äquator
- Equator; imaginary line dividing Earth into two hemispheres
- überquert
- Crossed; past participle of überqueren meaning to traverse
- hatten
- Had; past tense of haben used in past perfect
- bei
- During; preposition meaning at, near, or on the occasion of
- seiner
- His; possessive pronoun dative masculine singular form
- Entdeckung
- Discovery; the act of finding something previously unknown
- des
- Of the; definite article genitive masculine or neuter
- Kaps
- Cape's; genitive of Kap meaning a geographic cape or headland
- Guten
- Good; adjective here part of Cape of Good Hope name
- Hoffnung
- Hope; the feeling of expectation or desire for something
- um
- By; preposition indicating amount of difference or approximation
- Jahre
- Years; plural of Jahr meaning a period of twelve months
- vorweggenommen
- Anticipated; past participle meaning done before its expected time
- Wenn
- If; subordinating conjunction introducing a conditional clause
- es
- It; neuter personal pronoun used as grammatical subject
- mir
- Me; dative first person singular personal pronoun
- gelingt
- Succeeds; third person singular of gelingen meaning to succeed
- Wahrheit
- Truth; the quality of being in accordance with reality
- einigermaßen
- Somewhat; adverb meaning to a certain or moderate degree
- überraschenden
- Surprising; adjective describing something unexpected or astonishing
- Thesen
- Theses; plural of These meaning propositions or arguments
- zu
- To; preposition or infinitive particle indicating direction or purpose
- beweisen
- To prove; infinitive meaning to demonstrate or verify something
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- denen
- Which; relative pronoun dative plural referring back to something
- ich
- I; first person singular nominative personal pronoun
- dieses
- This; demonstrative pronoun genitive neuter singular form
- Kapitel
- Chapter; a major division of a book or document
- begonnen
- Begun; past participle of beginnen meaning to start
- habe
- Have; first person singular present of haben
- so
- Then; adverb used in conditional sentences as consequence
- wird
- Will; auxiliary verb forming future tense constructions
- dies
- This; demonstrative pronoun referring to something just mentioned
- nur
- Only; adverb restricting or limiting a statement
- dadurch
- By this; adverb meaning through this means or method
- geschehen
- Happen; infinitive meaning to occur or take place
- auf
- On; preposition indicating surface, direction, or topic
- Frage
- Question; an inquiry or issue to be addressed
- tausend
- Thousand; the number 1000 or a large number
- zusammenlaufende
- Converging; adjective describing things coming together at a point
- Lichtstrahlen
- Light rays; beams of light traveling in a direction
- aus
- From; preposition indicating origin or source
- Vielzahl
- Multitude; a large number or variety of things
- richte
- Direct; first person singular of richten meaning to aim
- Gelehrte
- Scholars; learned people who study academic subjects
- verschiedenen
- Various; adjective meaning different or diverse in kind
- Gebieten
- Fields; plural dative of Gebiet meaning areas or domains
- modernen
- Modern; adjective referring to contemporary thought or era
- Denkens
- Thinking's; genitive of Denken meaning thought or intellectual inquiry
- angestellt
- Conducted; past participle of anstellen meaning to carry out
- haben
- Have; auxiliary verb used to form perfect tenses
- Weitere
- Further; adjective meaning additional or more beyond current
- Untersuchungen
- Investigations; plural of Untersuchung meaning examinations or studies
- Entdeckungen
- Discoveries; plural of Entdeckung meaning new findings or revelations
- vertraue
- Trust; first person singular of vertrauen meaning to believe in
- Richtigkeit
- Correctness; the quality of being accurate or right
- Schlussfolgerungen
- Conclusions; plural of Schlussfolgerung meaning logical deductions drawn
- bestätigen
- To confirm; infinitive meaning to verify or validate something
- gelangt
- Arrived at; past participle of gelangen meaning to reach
- bin
- Am; first person singular present of sein meaning to be
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