The Phantom Atlas – Edward Brooke-Hitching

This is an interesting book – it’s an alphabetical listing of lands that have appeared on maps at some point in time that don’t actually exist. It’s an interesting mix of mistakes, exaggerations, and outright lies.

I think it’s easy in this world with GPS and Google maps, to forget that there was a time when we couldn’t easily map out the entire world, and it’s amazing to see what holds on for years, even in the face of very little real evidence. A cool little book.