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."
Ahora, en palabras de Frederick Schlegel, «cuanto más profundas y exhaustivas han sido las investigaciones de los modernos, mayor ha sido su consideración y estima por Heródoto».
Buckle says, "His minute information about Egypt and Asia Minor is admitted by all geographers."
Buckle dice: «Su detallada información sobre Egipto y Asia Menor es reconocida por todos los geógrafos».
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;
Hubo un tiempo en que se dudó de la expedición enviada por el faraón Necao para circunnavegar África, porque los exploradores afirmaban que después de haber avanzado cierta distancia el sol quedaba al norte de ellos;
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.
esta circunstancia, que entonces despertó sospechas, nos demuestra ahora que los navegantes egipcios habían cruzado realmente el ecuador, y se anticiparon en 2100 años a Vázquez de Gama en su descubrimiento del Cabo de Buena Esperanza.
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.
Si logro demostrar la verdad de las proposiciones algo sorprendentes con las que comencé este capítulo, solo será mediante la aplicación a la cuestión de la Atlántida de mil líneas convergentes de luz provenientes de una multitud de investigaciones realizadas por eruditos en diferentes campos del pensamiento moderno.
Further investigations and discoveries will, I trust, confirm the correctness of the conclusions at which I have arrived.
Confío en que posteriores investigaciones y descubrimientos confirmarán la exactitud de las conclusiones a las que he llegado.
Vocabulary
- Ahora
- At this moment; currently happening right now
- en
- Preposition meaning in, on, or at
- palabras
- Words; units of spoken or written language
- de
- Preposition meaning of, from, or about
- cuanto
- As much as; used in comparative expressions
- más
- More; indicates greater degree or quantity
- profundas
- Deep, thorough, or profound in nature
- y
- Conjunction meaning and, connecting words or clauses
- exhaustivas
- Exhaustive; thorough and complete in every detail
- han
- Third person plural auxiliary verb haber; have
- sido
- Past participle of ser; been
- las
- Definite article, feminine plural; the
- investigaciones
- Investigations or research studies conducted systematically
- los
- Definite article, masculine plural; the
- modernos
- Modern ones; people or things of recent times
- mayor
- Greater, larger, or older; comparative adjective
- ha
- Third person singular auxiliary verb haber; has
- su
- Possessive pronoun meaning his, her, its, or their
- consideración
- Consideration; careful thought or high regard
- estima
- Esteem; respect or high regard for someone
- por
- Preposition meaning for, by, through, or because of
- dice
- Says or tells; third person singular of decir
- Su
- Possessive pronoun meaning his, her, its, or their
- detallada
- Detailed; containing many specific facts or particulars
- información
- Information; facts or knowledge about a subject
- sobre
- Preposition meaning about, on, or above something
- Menor
- Minor or lesser; also refers to Asia Minor region
- es
- Is; third person singular present tense of ser
- reconocida
- Recognized or acknowledged as valid or important
- todos
- All or every; referring to an entire group
- geógrafos
- Geographers; experts who study the earth's features
- Hubo
- There was/were; past tense of haber impersonal
- un
- Indefinite article, masculine singular; a or an
- tiempo
- Time or weather; a period or moment in time
- que
- That, which, or who; conjunction or relative pronoun
- se
- Reflexive pronoun used with verbs; oneself or itself
- dudó
- Doubted; past tense of dudar, to doubt something
- la
- Definite article, feminine singular; the
- expedición
- Expedition; a journey undertaken for a specific purpose
- enviada
- Sent; past participle of enviar, to send something
- el
- Definite article, masculine singular; the
- faraón
- Pharaoh; ruler of ancient Egypt
- para
- Preposition meaning for, in order to, or toward
- circunnavegar
- To circumnavigate; to sail completely around something
- porque
- Because; conjunction explaining the reason for something
- exploradores
- Explorers; people who travel to discover new places
- afirmaban
- Claimed or stated; imperfect tense of afirmar
- después
- After or afterwards; indicating a later point in time
- haber
- To have; auxiliary infinitive used in compound tenses
- avanzado
- Advanced or moved forward; past participle of avanzar
- cierta
- Certain or a particular; feminine form of cierto
- distancia
- Distance; the space between two points or places
- sol
- Sun; the star at the center of our solar system
- quedaba
- Remained or stayed; imperfect tense of quedar
- al
- Contraction of a and el; to the or at the
- norte
- North; one of the four cardinal directions
- ellos
- They or them; third person plural pronoun masculine
- circunstancia
- Circumstance; a condition or fact affecting a situation
- entonces
- Then or at that time; temporal conjunction or adverb
- despertó
- Awakened or aroused; past tense of despertar
- sospechas
- Suspicions; feelings that something is wrong or untrue
- nos
- Us; first person plural object pronoun
- demuestra
- Demonstrates or shows; third person singular of demostrar
- ahora
- Now; at the present moment or currently
- navegantes
- Navigators or sailors who travel by sea
- egipcios
- Egyptians; people from or relating to ancient Egypt
- habían
- Had; third person plural pluperfect auxiliary of haber
- cruzado
- Crossed; past participle of cruzar, to cross something
- realmente
- Really or truly; adverb emphasizing something is genuine
- ecuador
- Equator; imaginary line dividing Earth into two hemispheres
- anticiparon
- Anticipated or preceded; past tense of anticipar
- años
- Years; units of time equal to twelve months
- a
- Preposition meaning to, at, or toward something
- descubrimiento
- Discovery; the act of finding something previously unknown
- del
- Contraction of de and el; of the or from the
- Cabo
- Cape; a headland or promontory extending into water
- Buena
- Good; feminine adjective indicating positive quality
- Esperanza
- Hope; also refers to Cape of Good Hope
- Si
- If; conditional conjunction introducing a hypothetical clause
- logro
- Achievement or success; accomplishment of a goal
- demostrar
- To demonstrate or prove something clearly and convincingly
- verdad
- Truth; something that is accurate or factually correct
- proposiciones
- Propositions; statements or claims put forward for consideration
- algo
- Something or somewhat; indefinite pronoun or adverb
- sorprendentes
- Surprising or astonishing; causing wonder or amazement
- con
- Preposition meaning with or together with someone
- comencé
- I began or started; first person past tense of comenzar
- este
- This; demonstrative adjective or pronoun, masculine singular
- capítulo
- Chapter; a main division of a book or text
- solo
- Only or alone; adverb or adjective indicating singularity
- será
- Will be; future tense of ser, third person singular
- mediante
- Through or by means of; preposition indicating method
- aplicación
- Application; the act of applying something to a problem
- cuestión
- Question or issue; a matter under discussion or debate
- mil
- Thousand; the number one thousand
- líneas
- Lines; rows or strands of text or thought
- convergentes
- Converging; coming together toward a common point
- luz
- Light; electromagnetic radiation visible to the human eye
- provenientes
- Coming from or originating from a particular source
- una
- Indefinite article, feminine singular; a or an
- multitud
- Multitude; a large number of people or things
- realizadas
- Carried out or conducted; past participle of realizar
- eruditos
- Scholars or erudite people with extensive knowledge
- diferentes
- Different; not alike or distinct from one another
- campos
- Fields; areas of study, work, or countryside land
- pensamiento
- Thought or thinking; the process of mental reasoning
- moderno
- Modern; relating to the present or recent times
- Confío
- I trust or I am confident; first person of confiar
- posteriores
- Later or subsequent; coming after in time or order
- descubrimientos
- Discoveries; things found or uncovered for the first time
- confirmarán
- Will confirm; future tense of confirmar, to confirm
- exactitud
- Exactness or accuracy; precision in facts or measurements
- conclusiones
- Conclusions; final judgments reached after reasoning or investigation
- he
- I have; first person singular present of haber
- llegado
- Arrived or reached; past participle of llegar
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