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."
Or, pour reprendre les termes de Frederick Schlegel, « plus les recherches des modernes ont été profondes et complètes, plus leur considération et leur estime pour Hérodote ont augmenté ».
Buckle says, "His minute information about Egypt and Asia Minor is admitted by all geographers."
Buckle affirme : « Ses informations détaillées sur l'Égypte et l'Asie Mineure sont reconnues par tous les géographes. »
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;
Il fut un temps où l'expédition envoyée par le pharaon Néchao pour circumnaviguer l'Afrique fut mise en doute, parce que les explorateurs déclaraient qu'après avoir parcouru une certaine distance, le soleil se trouvait au nord d'eux ;
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.
cette circonstance, qui éveilla alors les soupçons, nous prouve aujourd'hui que les navigateurs égyptiens avaient véritablement franchi l'équateur, et devancé de 2100 ans Vasquez de Gama dans sa découverte du cap de Bonne-Espérance.
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 je parviens à démontrer la vérité des propositions quelque peu surprenantes par lesquelles j'ai commencé ce chapitre, ce ne sera qu'en faisant converger sur la question de l'Atlantide mille faisceaux de lumière issus d'une multitude de recherches menées par des érudits dans différents domaines de la pensée moderne.
Further investigations and discoveries will, I trust, confirm the correctness of the conclusions at which I have arrived.
De nouvelles investigations et découvertes confirmeront, je l'espère, l'exactitude des conclusions auxquelles je suis parvenu.
Vocabulary
- Or
- Conjunction meaning 'now' or 'but' in discourse
- pour
- Preposition meaning 'for' or 'in order to'
- reprendre
- To take up again or resume something
- les
- Definite plural article meaning 'the'
- termes
- Words or expressions used in specific context
- de
- Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- plus
- Adverb meaning 'more' or 'most'
- recherches
- Research or investigations conducted on a subject
- des
- Partitive or plural article meaning 'of the' or 'some'
- modernes
- Adjective meaning 'modern' or 'contemporary'
- ont
- Third person plural of 'avoir' meaning 'have'
- été
- Past participle of 'être' meaning 'been'
- profondes
- Adjective meaning 'deep' or 'thorough' in nature
- et
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- complètes
- Adjective meaning 'complete' or 'comprehensive'
- leur
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'their'
- considération
- Regard or respect given to someone or something
- estime
- Esteem or high regard for someone
- augmenté
- Past participle meaning 'increased' or 'grown'
- affirme
- To assert or state something as true
- Ses
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his,' 'her,' or 'its'
- informations
- Pieces of information or data provided
- détaillées
- Adjective meaning 'detailed' or 'thorough'
- sur
- Preposition meaning 'on' or 'about'
- l'
- Contracted definite article before a vowel sound
- Mineure
- Adjective meaning 'Minor,' used in 'Asia Minor'
- sont
- Third person plural of 'être' meaning 'are'
- reconnues
- Adjective meaning 'recognized' or 'acknowledged' by others
- par
- Preposition meaning 'by' or 'through'
- tous
- Adjective or pronoun meaning 'all' or 'every'
- géographes
- People who study geography professionally
- Il
- Personal pronoun meaning 'he' or 'it'
- fut
- Simple past of 'être' meaning 'was'
- un
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one'
- temps
- Noun meaning 'time' or 'weather'
- où
- Relative adverb meaning 'where' or 'when'
- expédition
- Journey or mission sent to explore a place
- envoyée
- Past participle meaning 'sent' on a mission
- le
- Definite masculine article meaning 'the'
- pharaon
- Ancient Egyptian ruler or king
- circumnaviguer
- To sail completely around a landmass
- mise
- Past participle of 'mettre' meaning 'put' or 'placed'
- en
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'into'
- doute
- Noun meaning 'doubt' or 'uncertainty'
- parce
- Part of 'parce que' meaning 'because'
- que
- Conjunction meaning 'that' or 'because'
- explorateurs
- People who explore unknown or distant territories
- déclaraient
- Imperfect tense meaning 'were declaring' or 'stated'
- qu'
- Contracted conjunction 'que' before a vowel
- après
- Preposition or adverb meaning 'after'
- avoir
- Infinitive meaning 'to have'
- parcouru
- Past participle meaning 'traveled through' or 'covered'
- une
- Indefinite feminine article meaning 'a' or 'one'
- certaine
- Adjective meaning 'certain' or 'particular'
- distance
- Space or interval between two points
- soleil
- The sun, the star at the center of our solar system
- se
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'oneself' or 'itself'
- trouvait
- Imperfect of 'trouver' meaning 'was found' or 'was located'
- au
- Contracted article meaning 'at the' or 'to the'
- nord
- Cardinal direction meaning 'north'
- d'
- Contracted preposition 'de' before a vowel
- eux
- Stressed pronoun meaning 'them' (masculine)
- cette
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'this' or 'that'
- circonstance
- A circumstance or specific situation that occurred
- qui
- Relative pronoun meaning 'who' or 'which'
- éveilla
- Simple past of 'éveiller' meaning 'aroused' or 'awakened'
- alors
- Adverb meaning 'then' or 'at that time'
- soupçons
- Suspicions or doubts about something
- nous
- Personal pronoun meaning 'we' or 'us'
- prouve
- To prove or demonstrate the truth of something
- aujourd'
- Part of 'aujourd'hui' meaning 'today'
- navigateurs
- Sailors or navigators who travel by sea
- égyptiens
- Adjective meaning 'Egyptian' referring to Egypt
- avaient
- Imperfect of 'avoir' meaning 'had'
- véritablement
- Adverb meaning 'truly' or 'genuinely'
- franchi
- Past participle of 'franchir' meaning 'crossed' or 'passed'
- équateur
- The equator, the imaginary line dividing Earth
- devancé
- Past participle meaning 'preceded' or 'surpassed'
- ans
- Noun meaning 'years' as a unit of time
- dans
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'inside'
- sa
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his,' 'her,' or 'its'
- découverte
- Discovery of something previously unknown
- du
- Contracted article meaning 'of the' (masculine)
- cap
- A cape or headland jutting into the sea
- Si
- Conjunction meaning 'if' introducing a condition
- je
- First person singular pronoun meaning 'I'
- parviens
- First person of 'parvenir' meaning 'manage' or 'succeed'
- à
- Preposition meaning 'to' or 'at'
- démontrer
- To demonstrate or prove something clearly
- la
- Definite feminine article meaning 'the'
- vérité
- The truth or factual accuracy of something
- propositions
- Statements or ideas put forward for consideration
- quelque
- Adjective meaning 'some' or 'a few'
- peu
- Adverb meaning 'a little' or 'slightly'
- surprenantes
- Adjective meaning 'surprising' or 'astonishing'
- lesquelles
- Relative pronoun meaning 'which' (feminine plural)
- j'
- Contracted first person pronoun 'je' before vowel
- ai
- First person of 'avoir' meaning 'have'
- commencé
- Past participle meaning 'begun' or 'started'
- ce
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'this' or 'that'
- chapitre
- A chapter in a book or document
- ne
- Negation particle used with 'pas' or alone
- sera
- Future tense of 'être' meaning 'will be'
- faisant
- Present participle of 'faire' meaning 'making' or 'doing'
- converger
- To converge or bring together toward a single point
- question
- A question or issue under discussion
- mille
- Number meaning 'one thousand'
- faisceaux
- Beams or bundles of light or rays
- lumière
- Light, either physical or figurative
- issus
- Past participle meaning 'arising from' or 'derived from'
- multitude
- A large number or great quantity of things
- menées
- Past participle meaning 'conducted' or 'carried out'
- érudits
- Scholars or learned people with deep knowledge
- différents
- Adjective meaning 'different' or 'various'
- domaines
- Fields or domains of knowledge or activity
- pensée
- Thought or intellectual reflection
- moderne
- Adjective meaning 'modern' or 'contemporary'
- De
- Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- nouvelles
- Adjective meaning 'new' or 'fresh' (feminine plural)
- investigations
- Detailed inquiries or systematic examinations
- découvertes
- Discoveries or findings of previously unknown things
- confirmeront
- Future tense meaning 'will confirm' or 'will verify'
- espère
- First person of 'espérer' meaning 'hope'
- exactitude
- Accuracy or precision in facts or details
- conclusions
- Final judgments or results reached after analysis
- auxquelles
- Relative pronoun meaning 'to which' (feminine plural)
- suis
- First person of 'être' meaning 'am'
- parvenu
- Past participle meaning 'arrived at' or 'reached'
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