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Culture of the Period 215
Olof Rudbeck.
He was early ap-
pointed professor in
the university. He
taught not only the sci-
ences, but also the prac-
tical application of
them. He imparted in-
struction to future phy-
sicians, civil engineers,
mining engineers, sur-
veyors, architects, and
builders. Many of the
most noted generals of
a later day received
from him their training
in the science of artil-
lery and the art of for-
tification. Imperishable were the impressions of his
patriotism which all his students received.
With him love of country was paramount. In his
later life he devoted himself to the study of his coun-
try’s history. While thus engaged the thought occurred
to him that Sweden was the original home of the de-
scendants of Japheth (the Indo-European peoples),
who had entered there shortly after the flood. What
Greek authors had written about the mythical Atlantis
seemed to him to apply word for word to Sweden. He
could not believe that all this was mere fiction. So he
published his great work "Atland eller Manhem," in
which he ingeniously seeks to prove his proposition.
The rich supply of game and fish he names as an
inducement for the children of Japheth to immigrate
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