Hy brasil

There are many places in the world with which mysterious stories and legends are connected. Even scientists are still not able to find them, although they are trying very hard. The island of Hy-...

Hy Brasil

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Hy Brasil (site) Hy-Brasil (also spelled Hy-Breasal, Hy-Brazil, Hy-Breasil, Brazir) may also be responsible for the naming of the country we know today as Brazil. According to legends of long ago,...

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Brasil, also known as Hy-Brasil or several other variants, is a phantom island which was said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland. In Irish myths it was said to be cloaked in mist, except for one day each seven years, when it became visible but still could not be reached. (Map: Gerardus Mercator 1589)

Porcupine Bank: "In an 1870 paper presented by the Geological Society of Ireland, (it) was suggest that these reefs mark the site of the sunken island of Hy-Brasil....recorded on maps of the 15th and 16th century and is sometimes referred to as the other Atlantis" - From Wikipedia.

Appearing first in the seventh century in the Irish text known as "The Adventure of Bran Son of Febal", which tells of Bran's visit to this Other World island supported on pillars of gold. According to Barry Cunliffe, Professor of European Archaeology at Oxford University, Hy-Brasil is the most intriguing of all the legendary islands of the Atlantic. Could it be the real lost city of Atlantis?

Two possible locations for the island of Brasil, also known as Hy-Brasil - a phantom island which is said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland. In Irish myths it was said to be cloaked in mist, except for one day every seven years, when it became visible but still could not be reached