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ОглавлениеColumbus, Vespucius, and Cabot
Elements of Fact and Fancy in Plato’s Tale of Atlantis
Significant Passages from the Tale
Atlantean Invasion of the Mediterranean
Improbability of the Existence of Such an Island
Termier’s Theory of an Ancient Atlantic Continental Mass
Floral and Faunal Evidence of Connection with Europe and Africa
Relation of the Submarine Banks of the North Atlantic to the Problem
Facts and Legends As to Submergences in Historic Times
Reports of Obstruction to Navigation in Early Times
The Sargasso Sea As the Ancient Atlantis
CHAPTER III ST. BRENDAN’S EXPLORATIONS AND ISLANDS
The Lismore Version of the Saint’s Adventures
Attempts to Explain the Origin of the Brendan Narratives
The Hereford Map of circa 1275
The Map of the Pizigani of 1367
First Use of “Porto Santo” as Name of One of the Madeiras
Animal and Bird Names of Islands
CHAPTER IV THE ISLAND OF BRAZIL
Probable Gaelic Origin of the Word “Brazil”
Free Distribution of the Name on Early Maps
Location and Shape of the Island
Significant Shape on the Catalan Map of 1375
Possible Identification with the Gulf of St. Lawrence Region
Omission of the Name in Norse and Irish Records
CHAPTER V THE ISLAND OF THE SEVEN CITIES
The Legendary Home of Portuguese Refugees
Mythical Location of the Seven Cities on the Mainland
Later Reappearance As an Island
Occurrence of the Name in the Azores
CHAPTER VI THE PROBLEM OF MAYDA
Possible Arabic Origin of Name
Transference of Mayda To American Waters
Possible Identity of Vlaenderen Island with Mayda
Persistence of Mayda on Maps Down to the Modern Period
Probable Basis of Fact Underlying This Legendary Island
CHAPTER VII GREENLAND OR GREEN ISLAND
Adam of Bremen’s Account of Greenland
As “Illa Verde” on the Catalan Map of 1480
Green Island on Sixteenth-Century Maps
Various “Green Islands:” Shrinkage of the Name
Origin of the Name “Greenland” and Its Justification
Explorations of Early Greenlanders
CHAPTER VIII MARKLAND, OTHERWISE NEWFOUNDLAND
First Norse Account, In Hauk’s Book
Another Account, In the Arna-Magnaean Manuscript
Intercourse between Greenland and Markland
Brazil Island in the Place of Markland
CHAPTER IX ESTOTILAND AND THE OTHER ISLANDS OF ZENO
First Use of the Names “Estotiland” and “Drogio”
Geographical Implication of the Narrative
Conjectures as to the Derivation of “Estotiland”
Discrepancies in the Narrative of the Fisherman
R.H. Major’s Study of the Zeno Narrative
Influence of Imaginary Cartography
CHAPTER X ANTILLIA AND THE ANTILLES
Peter Martyr’s Identification of Antillia
The Four Islands of the Antilles on the Beccario Map
Identity of Antillia with the Antilles
CHAPTER XI CORVO, OUR NEAREST EUROPEAN NEIGHBOR
CHAPTER XII THE SUNKEN LAND OF BUSS AND OTHER PHANTOM ISLANDS
Its Disappearance from the Map
