Editing Mayda

{{Short description|Non-existent Atlantic island}}
{{redirect-distinguish|Isle of Mam|Isle of Man}}
{{other uses}}
{{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]]).

==History==
The island first appeared under the name of Brazir, on the [[Domenico and Francesco Pizzigano|Pizigani brothers]]' 1367 map. It was crescent-shaped and sited southwest of the island of [[Brasil (mythical island)|Brasil]], on the same latitude of southern [[Brittany]].<ref name=babcock83>Babcock, p. 83</ref>

It appeared as '''Asmaidas''' on a map of the [[New World]] accompanying [[Waldseemüller]]'s 1513 edition of [[Geography (Ptolemy)|Ptolemy's ''Geography'']].<ref>Babcock, p. 82</ref>

[[Abraham Ortelius|Ortelius]] (in ''[[Theatrum Orbis Terrarum]]'') placed a crescent-shaped island in the traditional location of Mayda with the name "Vlaenderen" ("Flanders").<ref name="raymond219">Ramsay, p. 219</ref>

The island is the namesake of [[Mayda Insula]], an island in the [[Kraken Mare]] on [[Saturn]]'s moon [[Titan (moon)|Titan]].<ref name="Mayda Insula IAU">{{cite web |url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/14401;jsessionid=853D12EC763343D4DDA76A35ACE3CC21 |title=Mayda Insula |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=April 11, 2008 |website=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |publisher=International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)  |access-date=June 28, 2017 }}</ref>

==Appearances on maps==
*[[Domenico and Francesco Pizzigano|Pizigani brothers map]] (1367) as Brazir<ref>Ramsay, p. 216</ref><ref name=babcock83/>
*[[Catalan Atlas|Catalan map]] (1375) as Mam<ref name="Raymond217">Ramsay, p. 217</ref>
*[[Pinelli map]] (1384) as Jonzele/I.Onzele<ref name="Raymond217"/>
* [[Pizzigano Map]] (1424) either as Ventura or Ymana.
*[[Bianco world map]] (1448) as Bentusla<ref name="Raymond217"/>
*[[Waldseemüller map]] (1513) as Asmaidas<ref>Ramsay, p. 217-8</ref> 
*[[Prunes map]] (1553) as Mayda<ref>Ramsay, p. 218</ref>
*[[Nicolay map]] (1560) as I man orbolunda<ref name="raymond219" />

==In popular culture==
*The island of Mayda is a principal location in the novel ''[[A Web of Air]]'' by [[Philip Reeve]].

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{Cite book | last = Hamilton-Paterson | first = James | title = The Great Deep. The Sea and its Thresholds | publisher = Random House | year = 1992 | location = New York | isbn = 978-0-679-40596-2 }}
*{{Cite journal | last = Babcock | first = William Henry | title = Legendary Islands of the Atlantic: A Study in Medieval Geography | publisher = American Geographical Society of New York | journal = Research Series | issue =  8 | year = 1922 }}
*{{cite book | last = Ramsay | first = Raymond | title = No Longer on the Map: discovering places that never were | publisher = Viking Press | location = New York | year = 1972 | isbn = 0-670-51433-0 | chapter = The Maybe of Mayda}}

[[Category:Phantom islands of the Atlantic Ocean]]
[[Category:Islands of the North Atlantic Ocean]]