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Brasil Island, better known as Hy Brasil, is a phantom island. In the fourteenth century Mediterranean mapmakers marked it on nautical charts to the west of Ire
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-05-19 - Publisher: BRILL

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The motifs of island and shipwreck have been present in literature and the arts from ancient times. Whether they occur as plot elements, as part of literary or
Floating Islands
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Unorthodox Ways to Think the City
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Pages: 280
Authors: Teresa Stoppani
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-12-07 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book argues that architecture and the city and their processes can be better understood by drawing categories from disciplines that exceed the architectura
Canada before Confederation: Maps at the Exhibition
Language: en
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Authors: Chet Van Duzer
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Each of the maps featured in this book was showcased in the exhibition “Canada before Confederation: Early Exploration and Mapping,” which took place in sev