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A Travel Guide To Nonexistent Worlds

A Travel Guide To Nonexistent Worlds

The Dictionary of Imaginary Places serves as a literal guidebook for lands that never existed. It treats fictional realms like Narnia or Atlantis as real destinations with their own history and maps.

Imagine flipping through a travel guide for places you can never actually visit. This unique book catalogs hundreds of cities, islands, and kingdoms created by writers throughout history. It treats the landscapes of our favorite stories as if they were actual stops on a world map. By blending geography with fantasy, the authors provide a bizarrely practical itinerary for the imagination.

Source: The Dictionary of Imaginary Places

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