Editing Mayda (section)

{{Short description|Non-existent Atlantic island}}
{{redirect-distinguish|Isle of Mam|Isle of Man}}
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{{Infobox fictional location
| name = Mayda
| image = Mayda (Americae nova Tabula - Map of North and South America).jpg
| caption = Mayda on a 1649 map by Willem Blaeus.
| type = [[Phantom island]]
}}
'''Mayda''' (variously known as '''Maida''', '''Mayd''', '''Mayde''', '''Brazir''', '''Mam''', '''Asmaida''', '''Asmayda''', '''Bentusle''', '''Las Maidas Bolunda''' and '''Vlaanderen'''<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Babcock | first = William H. | title = The so-called mythical islands of the Atlantic in Mediæval maps | journal = Scottish Geographical Magazine | volume = 31 | issue = 10 | pages = 531–541 | year = 1915 | url = https://zenodo.org/record/1430407| doi = 10.1080/00369221508734208 }}</ref><ref>Babcock, p.81</ref>) is a [[phantom island|non-existent island]] in the North Atlantic that has been shown on several published maps at various points in history. It was most often represented as being crescent-shaped and its position has varied widely over time. Early maps drew the island west of [[Brittany]] and southwest of [[Ireland]], but it later moved towards the [[Americas]] ([[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], [[Bermuda]], [[West Indies]]).