Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii. Phantom Jardines islands. THOMSON 1830 map
Map of the islands in the Pacific Ocean // Owhyhee // Karakakooa Bay, Owhyhee // Otaheite // Matavia Bay, Otaheite. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Drawn & engraved by Samuel John Neele for John Thomson's "New General Atlas". Provenance: "A new general atlas", consisting of a series of geographical designs, on various projections, exhibiting the form and component parts of the globe; and a collection of maps and charts, delineating the natural and political divisions of the Empires, Kingdoms, and States in the World", Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for John Thomson and Company, Edinburgh; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London; and John Cumming, Dublin [Thomson's New General Atlas]. Type: Antique early 19th century atlas map with original hand colouring. This map of the Pacific islands includes at least one group of phantom islands. "Los Jardines" are marked in two separate places on the map - once "of the Spanish charts", and in a different location "of the Scarbro 1788", supposedly seen during the voyage of Captain Marshall, discoverer of the Marshall islands. They are shown north east of the Mariana Islands. They persisted on some charts as late as 1973, when the International Hydrographic Organization removed them from its charts.
Size: 7649px × 6257px
Location: Pacific Ocean
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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