Lands Beyond by L. Sprague de Camp
A lively, erudite survey of the world’s imaginary and legendary places—from Atlantis, El Dorado, and Prester John’s kingdom to Shangri‑La, Thule, and polar paradises—tracing how explorers, cartographers, and storytellers concocted, pursued, and occasionally “found” them. Blending historical research, travel anecdotes, map evidence, and skeptical wit, it examines the motives behind those quests (greed, faith, curiosity), the hoaxes and errors that sustained the myths, and the interplay between imagination and real-world exploration. Readable and often humorous, the work serves as both a history of ideas about geography and a critique of the romanticized search for utopian lands.
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