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William Faden, an engraver and publisher, ran a successful commercial mapmaking business in London in the late 18th and early 19th century.
To the left of ‘Chili’ on this map is a reference to ‘Davis’s Land’, an island that had allegedly been sighted by the English buccaneer Edward Davis in 1687. This is an example of a phantom island, one that would repeatedly appear on maps before its existence was eventually disproven.
