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Hy Brasil -- the metamorphosis of an island : from cartographic error to Celtic Elysium /
Brasil Island, better known as Hy Brasil, is a phantom island. In the fourteenth century Mediterranean mapmakers marked it on nautical charts to the west of Ireland, and its continued presence on maps over the next six hundred years inspired enterprising seafarers to sail across the Atlantic in sear...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Rodopi,
2013.
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| Colección: | Text (Rodopi (Firm)) ;
69. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. I. The cartographic history of Brasil island
- pt. II. Anglicization
- pt. III. Brasil island in Irish folklore
- pt. IV. Brasil island in literature and legend : the older tradition
- pt. V. Gaelicization.