Phantom Islands of the Atlantic: The Legends of Seven Lands That Never Were - Couverture souple

Johnson, Donald S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0285635263 ISBN 13 : 9780285635265

Editeur : Souvenir Press Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

In a series of investigations Donald Johnson draws on his seafaring skill to plot the voyages of early mariners and discover where they were when they saw the fabled lands, and why they remember them as awesome, fearful places.'

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Présentation de l'éditeur

An enthralling historical odyssey into the human spirit of endurance. Donald S. Johnson, who has himself sailed across the Atlantic seven times, takes us back to the early voyagers who, sailing into uncharted waters, attempted to map the seas and lands that they encountered. The result was an ocean scattered with mythical islands that never existed, but which were faithfully copied by later cartographers sometimes right into the seventeenth century. Born of fantasy, fear and superstition, they were places peopled by demons, loud with strange noises and often veiled in myth. "Phantom Islands of the Atlantic" explores the origins and legends associated with seven of these islands, in a totally absorbing piece of historical detection that relives the drama and dangers of the Age of Discovery. Lavishly illustrated with specially redrawn maps and contemporary engravings, this beautifully, evocative book is the stuff of maritime exploration, a magical journey into the unknown and the unknowable.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Souvenir Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0285635263
• ISBN 13: 9780285635265
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 231
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible