In 1665, the German Jesuit priest, Athanasius Kircher, published Mundus Subterraneus,  a massive book which included a reproduction of an ancient Egyptian map of Atlantis.

The label in Latin translates: "Site of Atlantis, now beneath the sea,
according to the beliefs of the Egyptians and the description of Plato."

The compass has North pointing down.
Kircher retained the Egyptian notion that South was 'up'. 
To see how he interpreted this map we must turn it up-side-down.  Next