An Atlas of Lost Kingdoms Discover Mythical Lands, Lost Cities and Vanished Islands

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Pub. Date: 2022-10-04
Publisher(s): Wide Eyed Editions
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Summary

On this quest around the world, you will find lost kingdoms, islands, even continents that people have searched for for millennia and are now only known of through stories and myths.
All of these places have been believed to exist by a people or a group of peoples at some point in history, but none of them, in recent times at least, have been found and explored.
To find them, you will read ancient treasure maps, read of cryptic riddles, and hear how explorers have scoured the landscape for clues. In this book the reader succeeds where ancient adventurers before you have been thwarted. This quest will transport you to thoroughly other-worldly places.

Organised by continent, each chapter opens with a full bleed map of the continent, pinpointing where each location is thought to be. You will learn all about the rich mythologies from different cultures, from the Aztecs to the Celts, from the mysterious islands in the Odyssey to underwater islands in Japanese folklore.
 
 
 

Author Biography

Emily Hawkins is a writer and editor of children's books for all ages. She wrote the New York Times bestseller Oceanology, as well as several other titles in the Ology series, which has sold over 16 million copies worldwide. She holds a first-class English degree from Nottingham University, and now lives in Winchester with her young family.

Lauren Baldo is an illustrator based in the Philippines. He has worked as a storyboard artist, comic artist, graphic designer, and children's book illustrator.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
EUROPE
Atlantis: Legendary sunken city
Camelot: Many-towered castle of King Arthur
Hy-Brasil: Phantom island off the Irish Coast
The Lost City of Ys: Legendary kingdom swallowed by the sea
Yggdrasil: The Nine Worlds of the Northlands
Cockaigne: A dreamland of plenty and luxury
The Fortunate Isles: Paradise islands from Greek mythology
Buyan: Vanishing island from Slavic folklore
Scholomance: Underground school of black magic
AFRICA
Zerzura: The oasis of little birds
Sheba: Kingdom of an ancient queen
The Lost City of the Kalahari: Fact or fiction?
Carthage: Once-great rival of Rome
Ile-Ife: Sacred homeland of the Yoruba people
ASIA
Troy: City of legend
Themiscyra: Capital of the Amazons
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon: Lost wonder of the world
Iram of the Pillars: The Atlantis of the sands
Dwarka: Legendary home of a Hindu god
Shi Cheng: Real-life sunken city
Xanadu: Capital of an empire
Ryugu-jo: Underwater palace from Japanese legend
NORTH AMERICA
The Isle of Demons: Phantom island off the coast of Canada
The Hopi Underworld: Where it all began
The Seven Cities of Gold: A dream of impossible wealth
Aztlán: Legendary homeland of the Aztec people
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA
El Dorado: The fabled city of gold
Ciudad Blanca: The lost city of the monkey god
Port Royal: Sunken pirate haven
AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA
Baralku: Island of the dead
Hawaiki: Homeland of the Māori people
LOST CONTINENTS
Agartha: Imagined kingdom inside the Earth
INDEX
GLOSSARY
 

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