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Book Review of Phantom Islands of the Atlantic: The Legends of Seven Lands That Never Were

Phantom Islands of the Atlantic: The Legends of Seven Lands That Never Were
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An interesting narrative of the fanciful stories people---mostly sailors, cartographers and monks---made up to explain the unknown. But then they didn't have AAA TripTiks or GPS.

At least I now know how the Virgin Islands got that name. Thank you, Saint Ursula.