No Longer on the Map: Discovering Places that Never WereIncludes material on El Dorado, Friesland, St. Brendan and Breasil, Seven Cities (Cibola, Quivira), the Northwest Passage, Greenland, Mayda. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 9
Page 45
... Bouvet talked the French East India Company into backing him for a voyage to southern waters , not specifically to search for Terra Australis but simply for general ex- ploration . Bouvet sailed boldly southward into the world's worst ...
... Bouvet talked the French East India Company into backing him for a voyage to southern waters , not specifically to search for Terra Australis but simply for general ex- ploration . Bouvet sailed boldly southward into the world's worst ...
Page 256
Discovering Places that Never Were Raymond H. Ramsay. APPENDIX Bouvet Island VII . Bouvet Island , some 1300 miles south - southwest of Capetown , has been called the remotest spot on earth . Over 1000 miles separate it from the nearest ...
Discovering Places that Never Were Raymond H. Ramsay. APPENDIX Bouvet Island VII . Bouvet Island , some 1300 miles south - southwest of Capetown , has been called the remotest spot on earth . Over 1000 miles separate it from the nearest ...
Page 258
... Bouvet , none of it of any crucial historical importance . Today , Bouvet is occasionally visited by whalers , and the Norwegian government maintains a shelter there for possible victims of shipwreck . And in recent years , Bouvet ...
... Bouvet , none of it of any crucial historical importance . Today , Bouvet is occasionally visited by whalers , and the Norwegian government maintains a shelter there for possible victims of shipwreck . And in recent years , Bouvet ...
Contents
The Maybe of Mayda | 213 |
Three Special Cases | 223 |
Epilogue | 238 |
Copyright | |
3 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
actually Adam of Bremen Africa Anian Antarctic Antillia Antonio appears Arctic Asia became believed Bouvet Bouvet Island Breasil California called Cape Captain cartographers century Chapter Cíbola claimed coast Coronado discovered discovery Dorado Dougherty Island Drogeo Dutch early El Dorado England English Estotiland Europe exist expedition explored French Friesland Geoffrey Ashe geographical gold Greek Greenland Hjalmar Holand Iceland Indian Irish isle King known lake later latitude legend located longitude Manoa Mayda medieval mentioned Mercator Mexico modern mountains myth mythical navigator Nicolò Nicolò Zeno Norse North America northern Northwest Passage Norumbega Norway ocean original Ortelius Pacific peninsula Portuguese Purchas Quivira region River route rumor sailed Saint Brendan seems Seven Cities ships showing sighting Sinclair South southern continent Southern Land Spain Spaniards Spanish Spitsbergen story Strait Terra Australis tion took unknown Verrazano voyage waters western westward world map York Zeno Narrative Zichmni