# O'Connell : Paul Borchardt (Atlantipedia tag)

> Tony O'Connell, . 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for Borchardt's 1927 placement of Atlantis near the Gulf of Gabès and the Tunisian…

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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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## What it's used for here

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.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Paul Borchardt places Atlantis between the Chott el Djerid and the Gulf of Gabès](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/events/EVT0DCPCVR1SFBY/paul-borchardt-places-atlantis-between-the-chott-el-djerid)

EVT

[The Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara)

The mystery article

MYS

[Gulf of Gabès](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/places/PLC0DCP7XVSJNDA/gulf-of-gabes)

PLC

[Strait of Gibraltar](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/places/PLC0DCKQ5C153FD/strait-of-gibraltar)

PLC

## Cite it

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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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