{"id":2201,"date":"2020-07-10T10:33:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T09:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=2201"},"modified":"2022-12-03T22:07:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:07:06","slug":"antillia-lile-des-sept-cites","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/iberian-mythology\/antillia-lile-des-sept-cites\/","title":{"rendered":"Antillia the island of the Seven Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2201\" class=\"elementor elementor-2201\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-015f4be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"015f4be\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c3dc91\" data-id=\"3c3dc91\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c861b78 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c861b78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/iberian-mythology\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Iberian mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39c54f6\" data-id=\"39c54f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9e56a4 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d9e56a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_mythology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a34ec71 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a34ec71\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-98f1f3b\" data-id=\"98f1f3b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6141c54e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6141c54e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<div>The island of Antillia or Antilia is a ghost island in the Atlantic Ocean, supposedly located in the west of Spain. It is often confused with the island of Seven Cities, Seven Cities, ilha das Sete Cidades (in Portuguese), Septe Cidades, Sanbrandan (or Saint-Brendan).<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5284 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Antillia the island of the seven cities\" width=\"25\" height=\"26\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/iberian-mythology\/antillia-lile-des-sept-cites\/#Antillia-lile-des-sept-cites\" >Antillia the island of the seven cities<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Antillia-lile-des-sept-cites\"><\/span>Antillia the island of the seven cities<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Some still find a connection between Antilia and Atlantis; others, versed in the knowledge of oriental languages, thought that Antilia corresponded to Djeziret-el-Tennyn or island of snakes of Arab cosmographers; in fact, on some maps from the 14th and 15th centuries, an island is shown near which a man is devoured by snakes. Antilia could also be the translation from Arabic Tennyn. It has also been claimed that the etymology of Antilia was ante insula, anterior island, and, in this case, Antilia would only be a reminiscence of that mysterious island in the Ocean that Aristotle called antiporymos and Ptolemy &#039;aprositos.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Pedro de Medina, writer <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/iberian-mythology\/\">Spanish<\/a> of the sixteenth century, reports that, in a Ptolemy offered to Pope Urban VI, who reigned from 1378 to 1389, he noticed the island Antilia which bore the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/\">legend<\/a> next :<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>&quot;Isla insula Antilia, aliquando a Lusitanis est inventa, sed modo quando quaeritur, non invenitur&quot;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>It is likely that this is only one of those additional maps that scholars added to Ptolemy&#039;s manuscripts, as and when geographical discoveries, in order to somehow update their favorite author, because we do not find the island Antilia marked on any of the maps dating from the 14th century. It is true that we still wanted to find Antilia on the map drawn up in 1367 by Pizzigani. We can indeed distinguish on an island very to the west in the Atlantic on which two statues appear with the following mention:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>&quot;Hae sunt statuae quae stant ante ripas Antilliae, quarum quae in fundo ad securandos homines navigantes, quare est fusum ad ista maria quousque possint navigare, and foras porrecta statua est mare sorde quo non possint intrare nautae&quot;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>But Pizzigani&#039;s menu is difficult to read.\u00a0<em>Ad ripas Antilliae<\/em>\u00a0reads just as well as\u00a0<em>Ad ripas Atullio<\/em>, and even\u00a0<em>Ad ripas istius insulae<\/em>. It is therefore not in the 14th century that we find the Antilia mentioned with precision.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The first certain indication of Antilia is fixed at the year 1414, when, according to Behaim, a Spanish ship approached for the first time this island and made it known to Europe. From then on, Antilia appears on almost all maps. Jean-Antoine Letronne in a series of articles on the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/book-libraries\/\">book<\/a> by Alexander of Humboldt\u00a0<em>Critical examination of the history of the geography of the New Continent and the progress of nautical astronomy in the 15th and 16th centuries<\/em>\u00a0centuries, indicates in\u00a0<em>Journal of the scientists of the Institut de France<\/em>, confirms the term Antillia appears on nautical charts and world maps after the fourteenth century.<\/p>\n<p>The island of Antilia is indicated in particular on the globe of Martin Behaim (1491-1493), on the map of Paolo Toscanelli (1468), that of the Genoese Bartolomeo Pareto, drawn up in 1455 and published by Andr\u00e9s, the world map of Fra Mauro in 1457 and the map of Andrea Benincasa drawn up in 1476, as well as on the Atlas of Andrea Bianco (1436) published by Formaleoni in 1789. The map of Vinland (1434) indicates an island called &quot;Antilia&quot; located north of &#039;another island called &quot;Branzil\u00e6 Island&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>The nautical chart of Pizzigano (1424) also indicates a red-colored island named \u201cAntilia\u201d. It is found on the Portulan Anc\u00f4nitain of 1474, preserved at the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/book-libraries\/\">library<\/a> Grand Ducal of Weimar, and on that of the Genoese Beccaria or Becclaria kept in the library of Parma.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Florentine mathematician Toscanelli, who was the correspondent of Columbus and confirmed him in his resolution to seek the West route to India, had carefully drawn a map of the journey to be undertaken in that direction, and Antilia appeared there as a station. intermediary on the road from Lisbon to India by the west. In the letter that accompanied this map, he speaks of Antilia as a known country:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFrom the Antilia island that you know, to the very noble island of Cippangu, etc. &quot;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately Toscanelli&#039;s map is lost, and it is almost impossible to accurately assess the distances set by the Florentine scholar.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>However, a globe drawn up a few years later by Behaim, and which is believed to be a reproduction of Toscanelli&#039;s map, positions Antilia under the 33rd West longitude. Ortelius and Mercator still draw it in their atlases. In general all these maps give it a rectangular shape, and make it a country about as large as Spain.<\/p>\n<p>The ribs are described with great appearance of accuracy. We find the same details as in these imaginary lands of the North Pole or the South Pole that were drawn with so much care in the atlases until the 18th century. So from the 14th century all sailors believed in the existence of Antilia.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Antilia will disappear from the maps when the New World is discovered. If today this name still applies to an entire archipelago, it is the effect of pure geographical coincidence. Columbus, Oviedo, Acosta, Gomara and the first Spanish historians of America never speak of Antilia. The world maps added according to custom to the editions of Ptolemy do not mention it any more. On the maps of Juan de la Cosa or Ribeira there is no trace of the name of the Antilles.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In the Italian collection of All the Islands of the World by Benedetto Bordone, in the Isolario by Porcacchi, in the Cosmography of Andr\u00e9 Thevet, in the Description of the Indies by Herrera, the name of Antilles never appears.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The archipelago which bears this name today is referred to as Lucayes, Caraibes, or even Camercanes. Without doubt Pierre Martyr d&#039;Anghiera had already proposed this name in his Decades, and Amerigo Vespucci, the only time he cites Columbus, also speaks of Antilia, but, despite this double authority, the name of Antilles, for still a whole century, was to be unknown. It was only from the seventeenth century that the great celebrity of the maps of Wytfliet and Ortelius, which, no doubt by memory of erudition, had revived this name, fixed forever on the maps of America.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Antilia was therefore only one <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/\">myth<\/a> geographical, but in which we ceased to believe much sooner than we had done for the island of Saint Brandan. Only, by a singular coincidence, no land today bears the name of the saint <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/irish-mythology\/\">Irish<\/a>, while the beautiful archipelago in the Mexican Sea retained the name that was not definitively assigned to it until long after its discovery. This myth, whatever its fortune, therefore proves, once again, how deeply the belief in the existence of islands or continents in the Atlantic Ocean was engraved in people&#039;s minds.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mythologie Ib\u00e9rique Wiki L&rsquo;\u00eele d&rsquo;Antillia ou Antilia est une \u00eele fant\u00f4me de l&rsquo;oc\u00e9an Atlantique, pr\u00e9tendument situ\u00e9e \u00e0 l&rsquo;ouest de l&rsquo;Espagne. &hellip; <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2187,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2201","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24739,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2201\/revisions\/24739"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}