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In this atlas of the world "as it was thought to be," cartophile Brooke-Hitching documents the persistence of fictitious places—Sandy Island in the eastern Coral Sea, for example, "existed" a full seven years after the launch of Google Maps. Early ghost places are understandable, explains the author—maps exaggerating the might of God's creation were common in the Middle Ages, for instance, and the dearth of accurate instrumen...Log In or Sign Up to Read More