Top 10 Nonexistent Islands That Appeared On Maps
There are certain islands that have been “discovered” and added to maps before being found to be nonexistent. Yet, their discoverers often claim to have sighted them, and some even said they landed on them. Expeditions sent to the supposed locations of these islands often ended up finding the open ocean and nothing else, although some claimed to have found the islands.
We have complied ten such islands. This list does not contain islands deliberately added to maps to catch plagiarists, similar to trap streets.
[1] All the islands were actually reported to have been spotted, though some were made up. However, they all appeared on maps.
Australia-ravenstein-1857
$4,000.00
Title
General Map of Australia and Tasmania or Van Diemen s Land shewing The British Colonies as divided into Counties.
1857 (dated)
1 : 4500000
Description
A rare and striking first-edition chromolithograph gold rush era map of Australia issued by Ernst Georg Ravenstein in 1857 - without a doubt one of the largest and most decorative commercial maps of Australia to appear in the 19th century. The map covers the entire continent with insets detailing nearby New Zealand, the colony of Victory, Sydney, the Mount Alexander gold region, Norfolk Island, and commercial maritime routes to and from Australian ports. The first edition, as here, features two dramatic vignettes: the wharves at Melbourne and a curious British Royal crest modified to honor Prince Albert. The map depicts Australia in the midst of a continent-wide population explosion driven by a series of gold rushes lasting over half a century. Lest there be any