Stanford has announced that the Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island is now available online. Glen McLaughlin collected almost 800 maps specifically about California … Read more
Sandy Island has long appeared on maps and in GIS data. A research vessel in 2012 visit the supposed site of Sandy Island and discovered wide open ocean. How did this map myth originate?
Bermeja, an island that existed off the Yucaton coast, has mysteriously disappeared. The island first appeared on maps in the early 1500s and was apparently last mapped in 1941.