**A keepsake collection of maps depicting legendary and real places for
the lover of literature, history, and cartography.
**
This exploration of the "Mythical Elsewhere" explores a wide array of
places, from the well known to the obscure, through the eyes of
historians, explorers, conquerors, and writers across the ages. Lose
yourself in the past as you travel to such destinations as Troy, the
Mughal Empire, the Congo, the river Nile, El Dorado, and many more
across the globe:
Europe: Candia, Kythira, Ogygia, Troy
Asia: Cathay, Cipangu, Colchis, the Mughal Empire, Golconda,
Kafiristan, the Land of the Cimmerians, Taprobana, Tartary
Africa: Barbary Coas, Cape Bojador, Congo, Meroë, Mutapa, the Land
of the Mangbetu, Prester John's Kingdom, the Kingdom of Saba', the
Source of the River Nile, the Lands of Good Hope
The Americas: Araucanía, Cibola, El Dorado, the Land of the Amazons,
Tierra del Fuego
Southern Lands: New Cythera, Terra Australis
the Edge of the World: the Isles of the Blessed, the Garden of the
Hesperides, Lemuria, Thule
Accompanied by this unique atlas and the great explorers of antiquity
and Renaissance as well as poets, scholars, and novelists of all eras,
readers will embark on a poetic exploration of the world. Let such
greats as Herodotus, Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, and Heinrich
Schliemann be your guide on this journey to dreamlike places that are
sometimes imagined and imaginary but, to those who believe, always
"perfectly real." It's a trip you will never forget.
