Imaginary and Legendary Places

• General

  • Williams, Stephen. Fantastic Archaeology: The Wild Side of North American Prehistory. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991. 407p.
  • Earth Mysteries: An Introduction. Information about ley lines, megalithic sites, and historical researchers in the field. URL http://witcombe.bcpw.sbc.edu/EMIntro.html.
  • Mysterious Places. Information about Easter Island, Stonehenge, Chichen Itza, Ancient Americans, Egypt, and other places. URL http://www.mysteriousplaces.com.
  
  

• Atlases, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias

  • Guiley, Rosemary Ellen. Atlas of the Mysterious in North America. New York: Facts on File, 1995. 178p.
  • Harpur, James and Jennifer Westwood. The Atlas of Legendary Places. New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989. 240p. Gazetteer, bibliography, illustrations.
  • Hauck, Dennis William. The National Directory of Haunted Places. Sacramento: Athanor Press, 1994. 402p.
  • Manguel, Alberto and Gianni Guadalupi. The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1980. 438p. Illustrated by Graham Greenfield. Maps and charts by James Cook.
  
  

• Islands

  • Johnson, Donald. Phantom Islands of the Atlantic: The Legends of Seven Lands That Never Were, New York: Walker and Company, 1996. 220p. Includes chapters on the Isle of Demons, Frisland, Buss Island, Autilla: The Isle of the Seven Cities, Hy-Brazil, "Saint Ursula and Her Eleven Thousand Virgin Companions", and the Islands of Saint Brendan. Also includes a chapter on the history of navigation and geography. Bibliography, illustrations.
  
  

• Sunken Cities or Lands

  • de Camp, L. Sprague. Lost Continents: The Atlantis Theme in History and Literature. New York: Dover, 1954. An examination of the Atlantis myth by a well-known fantasy writer.
  • Donnelly, Ignatius. Atlantis: The Antediluvian World. 1882. One of the classic works on Atlantis.
  • Guyot, Charles. The Legend of the City of Ys, Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1979. 88p. Translated and illustrated by Dierdre Cavanagh.
  
  

• Wells, Springs, and Fountains

  • Gribben, Arthur. Holy Wells and Sacred Water Sources in Britain and Ireland: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1992. 179p.