Lost Islands The Colonial Press

The Colonial Press

From Sancho's village through Spanish hills and dry plateaus

with themes ranging from logic and engineering situations to number theory and geometry

He has succeeded in writing a book which is simple and brilliant

"Offers valuable material not only to students of crystallography but also to those of the arts

Lost Islands The Colonial PressHundreds of islands that once appeared on nautical charts and general atlases are now known to have vanished or never even existed. How were they detected in the first place? Henry Stommel, an oceanographer and senior scientist at Massachusetts' Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, chronicles his fascinating research in documenting the false discoveries of these phantom islands. British and American Hydrographic Offices compiled lists for navigators of