Lost Islands

Stommel, Henry: USA, 1984, hardcover with dust jacket, 146 pages, illustrated. The book surveys hundreds of so‑called phantom islands that once appeared on nautical charts, explaining how navigational errors, myths, misprints and changing scientific knowledge created and later erased them. Drawing on Admiralty charts, sailing directions and hydrographic lists, Stommel weaves maritime history, cartography and oceanography into a readable account of these vanished landfalls and the seafarers who reported them. ISBN 9780774802109 / 9780774802109 In very good condition