The island of High Brazil was depicted on ancient maps from 1325 to the 1800s.
Irish mythology speaks of it as follows: this island hides behind the mists, it is invisible. But once every seven years it appears out of the mist, and then the traveler can get to it.
Mention of this island is found not only in the Irish, but almost in all European nations. It has been mentioned for centuries.
Most maps place it 200 miles off the west coast of Ireland in the North Atlantic. It looks like an oval with a river flowing inside it from east to west.
In 1375, a Catalan atlas was created by Abraham Crescer commissioned by King Juan I. It depicted the island as two small islands.
In 1436 it appeared on Andrea Bianco's maps as Sola De Brasil.
In 1595 the island appears again in the European Atlas of Abraham Ortelius.
All subsequent attempts to find the island were unsuccessful, it simply did not exist. The island is removed from nautical charts. The last mention dates back to 1872.
