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The '''Isle of Demons''' is a [[phantom island]] once associated with [[Quirpon Island]], [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], in Canada. It was generally shown as two islands. It began appearing on maps | The '''Isle of Demons''' is a [[phantom island]] once associated with [[Quirpon Island]], [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], in Canada. It was generally shown as two islands. It began appearing on maps during the early 16th century and disappeared from maps during the mid-17th century. It could have been a translation from First Nations people who often avoided areas where a person had died, believing it was haunted by spirits. | ||
It was | It was said by some that the island was populated by demons and wild beasts which would torment and attack any ships that passed or anyone who was foolish enough to wander onto the island.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meier |first1=Allison |title=How an Imaginary Island Stayed on Maps for Five Centuries |url=https://hyperallergic.com/316836/how-an-imaginary-island-stayed-on-maps-for-five-centuries/ |website=Hyperallergic |accessdate=26 October 2020 |date=20 September 2016}}</ref> A [[French nobility|French noblewoman]], [[Marguerite de La Rocque]], was marooned on an island during the mid-16th century, allegedly because of an affair with a young man on her ship.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Foreman |first1=Amanda |title=Castaways and Other Lonely Survivors |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/castaways-and-other-lonely-survivors-11585846465 |website=Wall Street Journal |accessdate=26 October 2020 |date=2 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Campbell |first1=Mary B. |title=Wonder & science : imagining worlds in early modern Europe |date=1999 |publisher=Cornell University Press |location=Ithaca |isbn=9781501705069 |pages=35–39}}</ref> This island is a possible site of their abandonment, and residents and visitors have claimed to see the couple.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} Many historians, novelists, poets, and singers have retold the story of Marguerite abandoned on the island. It is believed that the island of the marooning is possibly [[Harrington Harbour, Quebec]]. {{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} | ||
The Isle of Demons first appears in the 1508 map of [[Johannes Ruysch]]. It may simply be a relocated version of the older legendary island of [[Satanazes]] ("Devils" in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]) that was normally depicted in 15th century maps in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean just north of [[Antillia]]. With the Atlantic better mapped with the trans-oceanic voyages of the 1490s, Ruysch may simply have transplanted old Satanazes to a more suitable location. | The Isle of Demons first appears in the 1508 map of [[Johannes Ruysch]]. It may simply be a relocated version of the older legendary island of [[Satanazes]] ("Devils" in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]) that was normally depicted in 15th century maps in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean just north of [[Antillia]]. With the Atlantic better mapped with the trans-oceanic voyages of the 1490s, Ruysch may simply have transplanted old Satanazes to a more suitable location. | ||
[[File:TerreNeuve16e.jpg|thumb|150px|The "Isola de Demoni", in the 1556 printed map of Giacomo Gastaldi]] | [[File:TerreNeuve16e.jpg|thumb|150px|The "Isola de Demoni", in the 1556 printed map of Giacomo Gastaldi.]] | ||
The Isle of Demons continues to appear as late as the 1556 map of "La Nueva Francia" by Giacomo Gastaldi – that is, after [[Jacques Cartier]]'s expeditions (1534, 1535, 1541) had explored much of Newfoundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The "Isola de Demoni" is depicted by Gastaldi as a substantially large island roughly encompassing northern Newfoundland, with figurative depictions of flying demons. | The Isle of Demons continues to appear as late as the 1556 map of "La Nueva Francia" by Giacomo Gastaldi – that is, after [[Jacques Cartier]]'s expeditions (1534, 1535, 1541) had explored much of Newfoundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The "Isola de Demoni" is depicted by Gastaldi as a substantially large island roughly encompassing northern Newfoundland, with figurative depictions of flying demons. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:25, 11 October 2025
Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Isle of Demons is a phantom island once associated with Quirpon Island, Newfoundland, in Canada. It was generally shown as two islands. It began appearing on maps during the early 16th century and disappeared from maps during the mid-17th century. It could have been a translation from First Nations people who often avoided areas where a person had died, believing it was haunted by spirits.
It was said by some that the island was populated by demons and wild beasts which would torment and attack any ships that passed or anyone who was foolish enough to wander onto the island.[1] A French noblewoman, Marguerite de La Rocque, was marooned on an island during the mid-16th century, allegedly because of an affair with a young man on her ship.[2][3] This island is a possible site of their abandonment, and residents and visitors have claimed to see the couple.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Many historians, novelists, poets, and singers have retold the story of Marguerite abandoned on the island. It is believed that the island of the marooning is possibly Harrington Harbour, Quebec. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The Isle of Demons first appears in the 1508 map of Johannes Ruysch. It may simply be a relocated version of the older legendary island of Satanazes ("Devils" in Portuguese) that was normally depicted in 15th century maps in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean just north of Antillia. With the Atlantic better mapped with the trans-oceanic voyages of the 1490s, Ruysch may simply have transplanted old Satanazes to a more suitable location.
The Isle of Demons continues to appear as late as the 1556 map of "La Nueva Francia" by Giacomo Gastaldi – that is, after Jacques Cartier's expeditions (1534, 1535, 1541) had explored much of Newfoundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The "Isola de Demoni" is depicted by Gastaldi as a substantially large island roughly encompassing northern Newfoundland, with figurative depictions of flying demons.
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