Hy Brasil: the metamorphosis of an island [electronic resource] : from cartographic error to Celtic Elysium / Barbara Freitag.
"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 Ireland, and its continued presence on maps over the next six hundred years inspired enterprising seafarers to sail across the Atlantic in sea...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
2013.
|
| Series: | Textxet : studies in comparative literature,
69 |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | |
| Variant Title: |
Hy Brasil: The Metamorphosis of an Island: From Cartographic Error to Celtic Elysium |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- List of images
- Preface
- Mediterranean mapping and naming
- The Bristol voyages and King Arthur on Brasil Island
- Oral lore
- Gaelic otherworlds
- Clerical sea voyages and St. Brendan's visit to Brasil Island
- Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English travellers' tales
- An aborted Irsh attempt to write about the island
- The vision of Ulster: Brasil Island and national identity
- "Hy Brasil: paradise of the pagan Irish" in modern literature and the arts
- From high art to popular culture: Hy Brasil's broad appeal
- Conclusion
- Appendix.