Skeptophilia

Ready for a strange story, that has a curious connection to yesterday's post, about doorways and liminal spaces? Let's start with H....

There's a long list of what have been nicknamed "phantom islands" -- islands that have been recorded on maps, sometimes for ce...

Pytheas of Massalia was a Greek polymath who was born in what is now Marseilles, France in around 350 B.C.E., making him a generation young...

Ever heard of André Thevet ? Born around 1516 in Angoulême, France, he was educated in the convent school of that city, although his teach...