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or river running east–west across its diameter. Despite the failure of attempts to find it, this appeared regularly on maps lying south west of
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This article is about the mythical island. For the island named "Brazilian Island" in
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One of the earliest appearances was on the Rex
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A Chorographical Description of West or H-Iar Connaught
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597:Oxford University Press
361:Searches for the island
325:Map of Europe from 1570
298:Catalan atlas from 1375
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