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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/832278728 Title: The book of legendary lands Author: Umberto Eco; Alastair McEwen Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Rizzoli Ex Libris, 2013. ISBN/ISSN: 9780847841219 0847841219 OCLC:832278728

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The book of legendary lands

Author:	Umberto Eco; Alastair McEwen
Publisher:	New York, N.Y. : Rizzoli Ex Libris, 2013.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	"A fascinating illustrated tour of the fabled places in literature and folklore that have awed, troubled, and eluded us through the ages"--Provided by publisher.
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Subjects	Geographical myths in literature. Geographical myths in art -- Pictorial works. Geographical myths. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Pictorial works
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Umberto Eco; Alastair McEwen Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780847841219 0847841219
OCLC Number:	832278728
Description:	477 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents:	The flat earth and the antipodes -- Biblical lands -- The lands of Homer and the seven wonders -- The wonders of the East, from Alexander to Prester John -- The Earthly Paradise, the Isles of the Blessed, and El Dorado -- Atlantis, Mu, and Lemuria -- Ultima Thule and Hyperborea -- The migrations of the grail -- Alamüt, the Old Man of the Mountain, and the Assassins -- The Land of Cockaigne -- The Islands of Utopia -- The Island of Solomon and the Austral Land -- The interior of the Earth, the Polar myth, and Agartha -- The invention of Rennes-le-Château -- Fictional places and their truth.
Other Titles:	Storia delle terre e dei luoghi leggendari.
Responsibility:	Umberto Eco ; translated by Alastair McEwen.

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