Map continuity

[mm1145]

I see no problem in a small island somewhere where nobody would go. before the invention of planes and satellites you more or less had to trust the few people who had gone past that way to pass on what they saw and if no ships went that way there there was no information. if if the only ships that had gone that way missed it or did not get back (quite common) it is very easy for a fairly large chunk of land to go unremarked

 

[BigIrish77]

South east of Ireland is basically Wales and Cornwall. Those shipping routes have been busy since shipping began and I think it very unlikely an island would stay undiscovered. South west is a different matter...

This is why I need to proofread my posts better. Lol.

It is on the southwest coast. Just north of the Brandon and Tralee Bays and west of the Shannon Estuary.

 

[alchemist]

This is why I need to proofread my posts better. Lol.

It is on the southwest coast. Just north of the Brandon and Tralee Bays and west of the Shannon Estuary.

Almost sounds close enough to be seen from land...

Then again, you'll likely have seen how incomplete maps of Ireland were in those days.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

The whale comes from the stories of Brendan the navigator, and it wasn't close to Ireland (as far as I know) when it happened. Just by the by...

I could swallow an island never mapped and known about off the South-west of Ireland. Ireland was so separate for a long time, especially the west, that I wouldn't have a problem. Plus, it's about suspension of disbelief. You tell me there was an island there and you tell it surely enough with a strong enough voice, and I'll go along with it.

Oh, from the lush/horticultural end, it might be worth having a google at Logan Botanical Gardens near Stranraer (where the original Wickerman was filmed). They have a little microclimate of sorts there; it might give you an idea what plants might do well in Northern Hemisphere hot spots?

 

[BigIrish77]

Almost sounds close enough to be seen from land...

Then again, you'll likely have seen how incomplete maps of Ireland were in those days.

Indeed I have.

Here is an idea of where I will put the island (the bright green island is where the island is going to be, though it is not THE actual island. It's just something I drew up a while ago to help visualize it):

 

[BigIrish77]

OK, here is my map with the updated island. The shape is set, the size may change (may become smaller)

 

[alchemist]

If I compare that with Tory and Rathlin islands off the north coast, both of those are about the same distance from shore and are easily visible. So I imagine yours would too, which might complicate things (but if the placing is only nominal, ignore me!)

 

[BigIrish77]

If I compare that with Tory and Rathlin islands off the north coast, both of those are about the same distance from shore and are easily visible. So I imagine yours would too, which might complicate things (but if the placing is only nominal, ignore me!)

Yeah, it might get smaller and might move out a bit.

But being visible isn't really an issue. It's not being mapped prior to 1750 (afterwords doesn't matter, as the island will eventually crumble into the ocean).

And with the inaccuracy of maps during that time, especially on something not on a main shipping route, I may be OK if it is visible from the coast.

 

[alchemist]

Yeah, I guess over time the island's existence, even if it had been visible, will become a legend nobody sane will believe. Sounds interesting.