for the drafting, in 1609 and 1612, of two charters of government for the Virginia Colony. Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence, wrote: "Bacon, Locke and Newton. I consider them as the three greatest men that have ever lived, without any exception, and as having laid the foundation of those superstructures which have been raised in the Physical and Moral sciences". Historian and biographer William Hepworth Dixon considered that Bacon's name could be included in the list of Founders of the United States of America. It is also believed by the Rosicrucian organisation AMORC that Bacon would have influenced a settlement of mystics in North America, stating that The New Atlantis inspired a colony of Rosicrucians led by Johannes Kelpius to journey across the Atlantic Ocean in a chartered vessel called Sarah Mariah, and move on to Pennsylvania in the late 17th century. According to their claims, these Rosicrucian communities "made valuable contributions to the newly emerging American culture in the fields of printing, philosophy, the sciences and arts". The utopian writer Kārlis Balodis adopted the name "Atlanticus" when he wrote Der Zukunftsstaat in 1898. See also Design of experiments Los Horcones (an experimental community inspired by Walden Two) Royal Society Scientocracy Technocracy The City of the Sun (1602), a similar early utopian novel by the Italian Dominican and philosopher Tommaso Campanella Further reading Zeitlin, Samuel Garrett (2022). "Eutopia of Empire: Francis Bacon's Short View and the Imperial and Colonial Background to the New Atlantis". Political Research Quarterly. References External links Nova Atlantis in Bibliotheca Augustana (Latin version of New Atlantis) 1626 novels Utopian novels Works by Francis Bacon (philosopher) 1620s fantasy novels Novels set in Oceania Novels set on islands 17th-century English novels Novels published posthumously Unfinished novels