Kantia

Kantia is the name of a phantom island in the Caribbean that Johann Otto Polter, a German merchant from Leipzig, claimed to have seen in 1884. He described its position as "at the 14th circle of latitude below the Tropic of Cancer".[1] He named the island after the philosopher Immanuel Kant. In four subsequent expeditions between 1884 and 1909, he failed to rediscover the island to proclaim it for the German emperor.

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  1. ↑ German original text: "14. Breitengrad unter dem Wendekreis des Krebses" «Die Wilden scheinen wohl gesonnen» - NZZ.ch, 22.05.2004
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