First published in 1916 under the title Beyond Thirty, Edgar Rice Burroughs's The Lost Continent is a startling vision of the future from the creator of Tarzan. It is the year 2137, and the Western Hemisphere has sealed itself away from a world it believes dead. When Lieutenant Jefferson Turck of the Pan-American navy is stranded beyond the forbidden thirtieth meridian, he discovers the ruins of Europe — and two strange civilizations rising from its ashes: one degenerate and savage, the other proud, learned, and utterly unexpected. Part adventure romance, part cautionary tale, this short novel shows Burroughs thinking boldly about war, isolation, and what survives when empires fall. This edition reproduces the complete, unabridged original text, accompanied by a new introduction and reader's notes that illuminate the historical moment in which it was written. Part of The Founding Texts Library.