Buss Island

In September 1578 the 'busse' Emmanuel of Bridgwater, returning from Frobisher's third voyage, reported a new island south-east of Greenland; it was charted as Buss Island for three centuries.

1578 CE · 57.50, -28.00 · status: explained

The account

Later ships could not find it, so maps said it had 'sunk', and the area was marked as the 'Sunken Land of Buss' until the 19th century.

The sceptical view

Probably a mistaken position for Greenland or Iceland, or a fog bank.

Connections in the atlas

• Frisland, the island that never was

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Buss Island