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Paul Borchardt (Atlantipedia tag)

Tony O'Connell, . Atlantipedia.

Atlantipedia's entries on Paul Borchardt, who in German articles of 1927 placed Atlantis near the Gulf of Gabès, between the Chott el Djerid and the sea, reported a local name for the chott, "Bahr Atala" (Sea of Atlas), and put the Pillars of Heracles at a temple of Hercules at Gabès. Names Butavand as one of the first modern writers to put Atlantis in the Gulf of Gabès.

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Cited for Borchardt's 1927 placement of Atlantis near the Gulf of Gabès and the Tunisian chotts, and for Butavand as an early Gulf of Gabès proponent.

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O'Connell, T. (n.d.). Paul Borchardt (Atlantipedia tag). Atlantipedia. https://atlantipedia.ie/samples/tag/paul-borchardt/
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