Francis Bacon

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Referenced as a 1598 first edition that passenger Henry Widner picked up before the sinking. A fellow bibliophile called this 'the most touching, most pathetic, with all the most glorious incident in the romance of book collecting.'

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Mentioned as a 1598 edition that Harry Widener, a bibliophile passenger, had bought for £260 and was carrying with him on the ship.

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Described as a didactic novel about an island of scientists in the Pacific who embody 'generosity, enlightenment, dignity, and splendor, piety, and public spirit.' The hosts explain how this novel directly inspired the founding of the Royal Society and represents a key evolution of the Atlantis myth—from Plato's cautionary tale to a model of scientific utopia.