BRANDAN, ST., ISLAND OF

BRANDAN, ST., ISLAND OF
   an island reported of by St. Brandan as lying W. of the Canary Islands, and that figured on charts as late as 1755, in quest of which voyages of discovery were undertaken as recently as the beginning of the 18th century, up to which time it was believed to exist.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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