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Author: Dirk Liesemer Publisher: Haus Publishing ISBN: 9781912208326 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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From the famed Atlantis to the remote Rupes Nigra, islands have long held our fascination: they are locales isolated from ordinary life, lurking in unexplored corners of the globe and thus full of undisclosed mysteries. At times, however, our fascination with islands has bled into reality, as real maps bear the coordinates of fictional lands and travelogues tell tall tales of their inhabitants, their natural wonders, or their treasures. In Phantom Islands, Dirk Liesemer tells the stories of thirty of these fantastical islands. Beginning with their supposed discovery, he recreates their fabled landscapes, the voyages that attempted to verify their existence, and, ultimately, the moment when their existence was finally disproven. Spanning oceans and centuries, these curious tales are a chronicle of human lust for discovery and wealth. Beautifully illustrated with colored maps and charts, Phantom Islands shows the cunning of imposters and frauds, the earnestness of explorers searching for knowledge, and the pleasure that can be found in our willingness to deceive and to be deceived.
Author: Dirk Liesemer Publisher: Haus Publishing ISBN: 9781912208326 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
From the famed Atlantis to the remote Rupes Nigra, islands have long held our fascination: they are locales isolated from ordinary life, lurking in unexplored corners of the globe and thus full of undisclosed mysteries. At times, however, our fascination with islands has bled into reality, as real maps bear the coordinates of fictional lands and travelogues tell tall tales of their inhabitants, their natural wonders, or their treasures. In Phantom Islands, Dirk Liesemer tells the stories of thirty of these fantastical islands. Beginning with their supposed discovery, he recreates their fabled landscapes, the voyages that attempted to verify their existence, and, ultimately, the moment when their existence was finally disproven. Spanning oceans and centuries, these curious tales are a chronicle of human lust for discovery and wealth. Beautifully illustrated with colored maps and charts, Phantom Islands shows the cunning of imposters and frauds, the earnestness of explorers searching for knowledge, and the pleasure that can be found in our willingness to deceive and to be deceived.
Author: Dustin Brady Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing ISBN: 1524867284 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 181
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Young gamers control the action in this interactive series from the bestselling author of Trapped in a Video Game. With more than 30 endings and an unlockable bonus adventure, The Secret of Phantom Island promises hours of screen-free fun. Cooper Hawke and the Secret of Phantom Island is the greatest video game nobody has ever played. The treasure-hunting adventure was supposed to set a new standard for gaming. Then, just one month before its release date, it fell off the face of the earth. Now, for the first time, you get a chance to play the mysterious game—from the inside. As you outsmart enemies, solve puzzles, and explore the island’s hidden areas, you’ll discover that there’s more to this game than the world realized. Escape from a Video Game is an innovative pick-your-plot story that promises two adventures for the price of one! The main adventure builds critical thinking skills by rewarding young readers for solving puzzles and making sound choices with non-stop action and huge plot twists. Once readers beat the video game within the book, they’ll get a chance to hunt for every possible ending. Finding all the book’s endings reveals a code that readers can use to unlock a secret story online. Fans of the best-selling Trapped in a Video Game series, as well as new readers, will quickly come to appreciate the page-turning action to uncover more secrets about the mysterious video game company Bionosoft.
Author: Michael Delane Bearden Publisher: Trafford Publishing ISBN: 1466929693 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 319
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Timothy Knight appears to be a normal thirteen-year-old boy who enjoys learning the powers of deduction from Dr. Crowne, a British professor of languages; crossing blades with Monsieur Deveaux, a French master of the sword; and hanging out with his friends Anthony, Sammy, Tony, and Baby Joe. Since his brother Michael left home on a sailing vessel, he has a love for ships. His grandfather introduces him to an old friend, Captain Horatio P. Spears. Captain Spears takes Timothy aboard his ship and tells him a story about his rescue at sea by the Seeps Holmen, a Norwegian whaling ship. The captain learns the Seeps Holmen is carrying a secret cargo and is being pursued by an enemy submarine. Captain Spears plots a course to escape the U-boat and whisks the treasure safely up the channel to the Port of Houston. But during a storm, the treasure mysteriously disappears. Timothy Knight shares the captains tale with his friends, and they devise a plan to find the missing treasure. Little do the boys know that an evil mastermind, the Black Scarab, is obsessed with the treasurethe Mask of Nephthys. His brotherhood of assassins has been sent to steal the mystical relic. The Black Scarab plans to use its power to create an army of immortals and become pharaoh of the world. Now the young knights search for Phantom Island to find the Mask of Nephthys before the earth is plunged into an apocalypse.
Author: Dirk Liesemer Publisher: Haus Publishing ISBN: 1912208334 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 165
Book Description
From the famed Atlantis to the remote Rupes Nigra, islands have long held our fascination: they are locales isolated from ordinary life, lurking in unexplored corners of the globe and thus full of undisclosed mysteries. At times, however, our fascination with islands has bled into reality, as real maps bear the coordinates of fictional lands and travelogues tell tall tales of their inhabitants, their natural wonders, or their treasures. In Phantom Islands, Dirk Liesemer tells the stories of thirty of these fantastical islands. Beginning with their supposed discovery, he recreates their fabled landscapes, the voyages that attempted to verify their existence, and, ultimately, the moment when their existence was finally disproven. Spanning oceans and centuries, these curious tales are a chronicle of human lust for discovery and wealth. Beautifully illustrated with colored maps and charts, Phantom Islands shows the cunning of imposters and frauds, the earnestness of explorers searching for knowledge, and the pleasure that can be found in our willingness to deceive and to be deceived.
Author: Krissi Dallas Publisher: Tate Publishing ISBN: 1618626604 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 324
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As summer at Camp Fusion is coming to an end, Whitnee and her best friends are trying to find a way back to the White Island to rescue Whitnee's missing father and finally make things right again. But getting back is more complicated than expected.
Author: Norton Juster Publisher: Yearling ISBN: 0394820371 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 274
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With almost 5 million copies sold 60 years after its original publication, generations of readers have now journeyed with Milo to the Lands Beyond in this beloved classic. Enriched by Jules Feiffer’s splendid illustrations, the wit, wisdom, and wordplay of Norton Juster’s offbeat fantasy are as beguiling as ever. “Comes up bright and new every time I read it . . . it will continue to charm and delight for a very long time yet. And teach us some wisdom, too.” --Phillip Pullman For Milo, everything’s a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he’s got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different. Milo visits the Island of Conclusions (you get there by jumping), learns about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock, and even embarks on a quest to rescue Rhyme and Reason. Somewhere along the way, Milo realizes something astonishing. Life is far from dull. In fact, it’s exciting beyond his wildest dreams!
Author: Edward Brooke-Hitching Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 145216844X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 263
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Discover the mysteries within ancient maps — Where exploration and mythology meet This richly illustrated book collects and explores the colorful histories behind a striking range of real antique maps that are all in some way a little too good to be true. Mysteries within ancient maps: The Phantom Atlas is a guide to the world not as it is, but as it was imagined to be. It's a world of ghost islands, invisible mountain ranges, mythical civilizations, ship-wrecking beasts, and other fictitious features introduced on maps and atlases through mistakes, misunderstanding, fantasies, and outright lies. Where exploration and mythology meet: Author Edward Brooke-Hitching is a map collector, author, writer for the popular BBC Television program QI and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He lives in a dusty heap of old maps and books in London investigating the places where exploration and mythology meet. Cartography’s greatest phantoms: The Phantom Atlas uses gorgeous atlas images as springboards for tales of deranged buccaneers, seafaring monks, heroes, swindlers, and other amazing stories behind cartography's greatest phantoms. If you are a fan of this popular genre and a reader of books such as Prisoners of Geography, Atlas of Ancient Rome, Atlas Obscura, What If, Book of General Ignorance, or Thing Explainer, your will love The Phantom Atlas
Author: Alan J. Pyatt Publisher: ISBN: 9781857563016 Category : Languages : en Pages : 69
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Dave Lanning goes missing on a boat trip with a party of business men. His partner, Rob sets out in search of him accompanied by Dave's sister, Sue. They arrive on a mysterious island which seems idyllic at first, but soon becomes a place of terror where they strive to stay one step ahead of death.
Author: Donald S. Johnson Publisher: London : Souvenir Press ISBN: 9780285635265 Category : Atlantic Ocean Languages : en Pages : 231
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In a series of investigations Donald Johnson draws on his seafaring skill to plot the voyages of early mariners and discover where they were when they saw the fabled lands, and why they remember them as awesome, fearful places.'
Author: Dirk Liesemer
Author: Dirk Liesemer
Author: Dustin Brady
Author: Krissi Dallas
Author: Michael Delane Bearden
Author: Dirk Liesemer
Author: Krissi Dallas
Author: Norton Juster
Author: Edward Brooke-Hitching
Author: Alan J. Pyatt
Author: Donald S. Johnson