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Lost Islands: The Story of Islands That Have Vanished from Nautical Charts

Paperback • 2017 • English

Lost Islands: The Story of Islands That Have Vanished from Nautical Charts

By Henry Stommel

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Hundreds of islands that once appeared on nautical charts and general atlases are now known to have vanished — or never even existed. How were they detected in the first place? Henry Stommel, an oceanographer and senior scientist at Massachusetts' Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, chronicles his fascinating research in documenting the false discoveries of these phantom islands. British and American Hydrographic Offices compiled lists for navigators of reported dangers corresponding to the isla...Show more

History
History: theory and methods
Ancient history

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9780486784670

Published year

2017

Language

English

Original title

Lost Islands: The Story of Islands That Have Vanished from Nautical Charts

Format

Paperback

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