Phantom islands Phantom islands Antillia (or Antilia) was a phantom island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean far to the west of Spain. This mythical island had several other names such as Isle of Seven Cities, Ilha das Sete Cidades ( Portuguese), Septe Cidades, Sanbrandan (or St Brendan), etc. Antillia was also identified with islands including the Isles of the Blest and the Fortunate Islands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antillia"
The Aurora Islands were a group of three islands first reported in 1762 by the Spanish ship Aurora while sailing from Lima to Cádiz, and then again in 1794 by the corvette Atrevida, which had been sent to find them. Their reported location was east of Cape Horn, approximately half way between the Falkland Islands and South Georgia at . ...more on Wikipedia about "Aurora Islands"
Avalon (from the Celtic word abal: apple) is a legendary island somewhere in the British Isles, famous for its beautiful apples. It is sometimes referred to as the legendary location where Jesus visited the British Isles with Joseph of Arimathea and that it was later the site of the first church in Britain. This location of the Isle of Avalon is usually associated with present day Glastonbury. ...more on Wikipedia about "Avalon"
Bacalao (also spelled Bacalhau, Bachalaos, Bacalhaos, Baccalieu, Baccalar) was a phantom island on several 16th century maps. It is mostly used to name Newfoundland. The name was first used on a map in 1508, but there are earlier accounts. The Portuguese navigator João Vaz Corte-Real was granted some lands on the Azores by the king of Portugal, because he had discovered Terra do Bacalhau. Furthermore Bartolomé de Las Casas wrote about Portuguese voyages to Tierra de los Bacallao. This has led some to believe that Corte-Real reached the Americas before Columbus. Bacalao literally means "dried codfish". Basque fisherman are said to have fished for cod at the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in the 15th century, so this is another possible origin of the name. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bacalao"
Brazil, also known as Hy-Brazil or several other variants, is a phantom island which features in many Irish Celtic myths. It was said to be cloaked in mist, except for one day each seven years, when it became visible but could still not be reached. It probably has similar roots to St Brendan's Island. Another basis may be Helluland (probably Labrador), discovered by the Vikings. The names Brazil and Hy-Brazil are thought to come from the Irish Ui Breasail (meaning "descendants (i.e., clan) of Breasal"), one of the ancient clans of northeastern Ireland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brazil (mythical island)"
Buss Island is a phantom island. It was discovered during the third expedition of Martin Frobisher in September 1578 by sailors aboard the Emmanuel and was put on maps as existing between Ireland and mythical Frisland at about 57° N. The island was named after the type of vessel that its discoverers used, a busse. It is believed that Frobisher took Greenland for Frisland and Baffin Island for Greenland and the Emmanuel, returning home, made a mistake in dead reckoning and mistook optical effects near Greenland at around 62° N for a new land. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buss Island"
In Russian folklore, Buyan (Буян) is described as a mysterious island in the ocean with an ability to appear and disappear. Three brothers – Northern, Western, and Eastern Winds – live there. A lot of strange things are said to happen on this island. Koschei the Deathless keeps his soul hidden here inside a needle placed in an egg. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buyan"
Cassiterides (from the Greek for tin, i.e. Tin Islands) are in ancient geography the name of islands regarded as being situated somewhere near the west coasts of Europe. Herodotus ( 430 BC) had dimly heard of them. Later writers, Posidonius, Diodorus, Strabo and others, call them smallish islands off (Strabo says, some way off) the north-west coast of Spain, which contained tin mines, or, as Strabo says, tin and lead mines though a passage in Diodorus derives the name rather from their nearness to the tin districts of north-west Spain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cassiterides"
Cockaigne was a medieval land, a mythical land of plenty, where all the harshness of medieval peasant life did not exist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cockaigne"
Dougherty is the name of a phantom island believed to be located in the southern hemisphere towards Australia. In 1893 the New Zealand captain White circumnavigated the island. It was removed from charts thereafter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dougherty"
South Pacific (south of French Tuamotu islands and east of New Zealand) Ernest‑Legouvé Reef was reported in 1902 by the unnamed captain of the French ship "Ernest‑Legouvé". The reef was about 100 meters long and another reef was sighted near it. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ernest Legouve Reef"
Estotiland is a region of land appearing on the Zeno map, ostensibly on the western side of the Atlantic Ocean in the location of Labrador. The map on which it appears was purportedly made in the early 15th century by Antonio Zeno. According to the letters accompanying the map, the existence of Estotiland was learned from fishermen who had sailed across the North Atlantic in the 14th century. Both the map and the accompanying letters are considered to be 16th century forgeries by most historians. ...more on Wikipedia about "Estotiland"
Frisland, also called Frischlant, Friesland, Freezeland, Frislandia, or Fixland, was a mythical island that appeared on virtually all of the maps of the North Atlantic from the 1560s through the 1660s. It is not to be confused with the similarly named Friesland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frisland"
The Goodwin Sands are a 10-mile long sand bank in the English Channel, lying six miles east of Deal in Kent, England. More than 2,000 ships are believed to have been wrecked upon them and as a result, they are marked by numerous lightships and buoys. Notable shipwrecks include the Stirling Castle and the South Goodwin Lightship. ...more on Wikipedia about "Goodwin Sands"
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Great Ireland or Ireland the Great (Irland it mikla in Old Norse), or Greater Ireland, also known in Old Norse as Hvítramannaland ("White Men's Land") and in Latin as Hibernia Major or Albania (not to be confused with the country of Albania) is a phantom island once believed by many Norsemen and others to be located near Vinland. The island was supposed to have been settled by Irishmen, possibly by the Irish monks called papar who were supposed to have fled Iceland when the Vikings arrived there to settle. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Ireland"
Groclant is generally pictured on the western side of Greenland, first appearing on maps in the late 1500's. It may be due to erroneous reading of Greenland from a map (it was sometimes labeled Groẽnland), or it may refer to Baffin Island or other islands in the Nunavut region. This area of the Atlantic was heavily explored soon afterwards, and Groclant quickly disappeared from maps. One of the first maps to show it was a Mercator map from 1569, and one of the last to show it was a Quadus map of 1608. ...more on Wikipedia about "Groclant"
Île Philippaux is a phantom island believed at one time to be real, shown on early maps of Lake Superior as located between the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale. Though imaginary, this island was used as part of the definition of the water boundary between the United States and Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Île Philippaux"
The Island of California refers to a long-held European misconception, dating from the 16th century, that California was not part of mainland North America but rather a large island separated from the continent by the Mare Californica. One of the most famous cartographic errors in history, it predated European exploration of western North America and was propagated on many maps during that era, persisting for over two centuries despite contradictory evidence from later explorers. Such legends were usually infused with the idea that California was a terrestrial paradise, such as the Garden of Eden, in much the same as manner as legends surrounding Atlantis. ...more on Wikipedia about "Island of California"
The Island of St. Brandan is an island reported by St Brandan as lying west of the Canary Islands, and that figured on charts as late as 1755, in quest of which voyages of discovery were undertaken as recently as the beginning of the 18th century, up to which time it was believed to exist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Island of St. Brandan"
The Isle of Demons is a mythological land once believed to exist near Newfoundland. It was generally shown as two islands. It began appearing on maps in the beginning of the 1500s, and disappeared in the mid-1600s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Isle of Demons"
The Isle of Mam was a phantom island, said to lie some distance west of the English Channel, approximately where the Great Sole Bank can be found. It should not be confused with the Isle of Man. ...more on Wikipedia about "Isle of Mam"
Isle Pontchartrain is a phantom island in Lake Superior near Isle Royale and supposed to be near the equally illusory Île Philippaux. ...more on Wikipedia about "Isle Pontchartrain"
Kumari Kandam is a legendary sunken landmass to the south of Kanyakumari, at the tip of South India. Kumari Kandam has often been compared and identified with Lemuria in modern times. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kumari Kandam"
Lemuria is the name of a hypothetical " Lost Land" variously located in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Its 19th century origins lie in attempts to account for discontinuities in biogeography. Lemuria has been rendered superfluous by modern understanding of plate tectonics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lemuria (continent)"
Lyonesse, Lyoness, or Lyonnesse is the sunken land believed in legend to lie off the Isles of Scilly, to the south-west of Cornwall. It is sometimes associated with Avalon. The Trevelyan family of Cornwall takes its coat of arms from a local legend; "when Lyonesse sank beneath the waves only a man named Trevelyan escaped by riding a white horse." To this day the family's shield bears a white horse rising from the waves. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lyonesse" www.shortopedia.com Is Good For You. shortopedia
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