Legendary islands or phantom islands: in the search of mythical lands in old folk tales, on historical maps and in weather phenomena on open sea
What is the meaning of legendary or phantom islands? A phantom island is a purposed island which was included on maps for a period of time, but was later found not to exist. Most of these phantom islands appeared on maps from the 1200s until the early 1800s. Some of islands did not disappear on maps...
Main Author: | Christensen Carsten Sander |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Institute of Modern Humanitarian Researches
2023-12-01
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Series: | Studia Humanitatis |
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Online Access: | https://st-hum.ru/en/node/1268/ |
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