The Problem of Lemuria

The original 1933 edition, meticulously preserved. This edition moves beyond the sterile, mass-market reproductions often found today to bring you a premium Collector’s Facsimile. Every page maintains the historical pagination and aesthetic of the source text, paired with a bespoke cover design unique to this imprint.

LEMURIA, the Atlantis of the Pacific, has not so far been made the subject of any serious and authoritative study, and in order that students of this most fascinating phase in the history of the ancient world may no longer be without guidance, Mr. Spence has in the present volume treated its traditions and remains in the practical yet fascinating manner which proved so successful in the case of his “Problem of Atlantis.” In these pages he has collected all the available material concerning the sunken continent of Oceania, its ruins, legends, its racial relationships and geology, and has attempted a reconstruction of the life of its inhabitants. Some of the well-attested facts presented regarding the existence of inhabited islands and land-masses in the Pacific in times quite recent are little short of astounding, and the material relative to the actual survival of thousands of members of a native white race in Oceania, the probable descendants of the Lemurians, cannot fail to arouse widespread astonishment. The volume is an enthralling contribution to one of the most absorbing of human mysteries.