The Phantom Island of Google Maps

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Why did Google Maps have a big black smudge before 2012? And why did it disappear? And what does it have to do with Captain Cook? And what is a phantom island?
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[@JayForeman]

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[@OrangeYTT]

Lets goo

[@Taponeoriginal]

The wait Is over

[@CristiNeagu]

5:16 Sky News and Politico, "high factuality"? Yeah, no thanks. Calling something "right-wing jamboree" is pretty subjective.

[@TherconJair]

No, please, not you too! Especially with you being from the UK advertising Ground News as a great tool without mentioning that its political rating is based on the US political leaning is making me grind my teeth (pun intended). There are many issues with news aggregation and it being sold as the cure all is just wrong.

[@disneydaniel3163]

It good to see you back map men’s team

[@Titanic-wo6bq]

"I've just read a Wikipedia summary of this incredibly boring book" was far more relatable than it should have been honestly.

[@Becky_Cooling]

I've done that more times than i can count!

[@rvdb7363]

Let's all take a moment to appreciate the people who actually read and summarised these books so that we didn't have to

[@juliusnepos6013]

Indeed

[@jimbob3332]

My uni experience

[@--Paws--]

I died by how honest it was

[@Unstopapple]

You talked about terrifying pictures of floating boats, but I'd like to argue that it's more terrifying if the boats dont float.

[@AurinneA]

Favourite comment on the video so far.

[@soleenzo893]

THEY FLY NOW? They fly now!

[@Palisade5810]

​@@soleenzo893 No, it means it's under the water, i.e sunk.

[@shalabazertheboltstruck8645]

Hahah that one took a while 👌

[@ZlatkoTheGod]

Good one, very clever.

[@Based_Brett_Crypto]

google maps is the scariest yet best place

[@Lumiobyte]

Like botted ahh comment 💀💀

[@CaveJohnsonTopG]

​@@Lumiobyte1 Million sub with one gooffy ahh video

[@OfficialSaul]

Bot

[@OiIMan]

Do not trust this woman she sent illicit photos to me when i was a minor

[@thomaseriksen6885]

Teach me your ways I have mucho tierra

[@TakoyaKyono]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="245">4:05</a> Love how that marker line stayed in for the rest of the video.

[@mariuskreuder]

Only realized this after three views and reading this comment. The Map Men series never ceases to amaze me with its absurd amount of details. Or maybe i'm just blind. :D

[@simonversluys1583]

Thanks for the comment. I was wondering what the hell is that on his face, and I'd missed the marker moment.😂

[@OriharaKaoru]

i 100% missed this and wondered about the line on jay's face for the last half the video when i eventually noticed 😂

[@jasperfk]

You can hear someone stifling a laugh behind the camera, too!

[@tylrwnzl]

@@OriharaKaorui spent most of the last half of the video googling what happened to him and didn't realize that haha

[@vertigo747]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="575">9:35</a> As a descendant of the captain who discovered Dougherty Island I should probably add that another large factor to all the island mishaps as that the majority of the crew were rather drunk, as the captain furthermore went to mistake another six nonexistent islands!

[@renerpho]

Alcohol-induced double vision increases the chance to see something that isn't there, by about a factor of two.

[@crazypeopleonsunday7864]

Seems like a good condition to be in while exploring a vast expanse above a bottomless abyss days away from civilization of any form where hard physical labor is required and tumultuous weather is all but guaranteed.

[@warthunder69]

omg hi your famous

[@Demiglitch]

I hope you're doing him proud, by drunkenly confusing regular cars for cabs and ubers

[@SineN0mine3]

​@@renerpho very clever, that made me smile 😁

[@CoolScratcher]

The VFX of the hand at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="521">8:41</a> is an abnormal amount of work for a one-off joke. This is why I love this series so much. Map men!!!!!!!!!

[@SteveThePster]

Lol, I somehow missed that on first viewing 😂

[@umartdagnir]

The legend says they had to employ Cyriak to do this bit.

[@nycbearff]

The cardboard ship was also lovely.

[@thedreadpirateblacktooth5551]

*Map man

[@8jof544]

2124: Here's the proof that I was right from the start, Jay Foreman was an alien, a legal alien, like said the prophet Sting!

[@sushiccino]

Also as a side note, Brazil (that one!) was first thought to be an island when Portuguese colonizers arrived, it was called “Ilha de Vera Cruz” or “Island of The True Cross”, later the name was changed to “Terra de Santa Cruz” or “Land of The True Cross” when they found out it was a bit bigger than an island

[@iaindcosta]

Brazil was thought to be an island by the ENGLISH who discovered it, and named it after their home town of BRISTOL

[@jackyex]

​@@iaindcostano.

[@iaindcosta]

@@jackyex yes

[@gwest3644]

​@@iaindcostaBrazil was named after brazilwood trees, which came from a Portuguese word for "reddish"

[@ivarsig]

@Iaindcosta is partially correct. In that what we know as Brazil is actually Bristol. Because Brazil is of course fictional.

[@MikeS29]

I'm reminded of the scene in "The Detectorists" where they find what appears to be the vague outline of an iron-age burial mound on Google Earth, only to discover that they are looking at the letter "G" of Google.

[@nevanmasterson46]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="87">1:27</a> "Because as it turns out, Sandy Island has never, and never has, existed." I love these guys.

[@idaho_girl]

"Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope."

[@Titanic-wo6bq]

2:10 "Or fresh fruit." _spits out teeth_

[@Ails1234]

I had to replay that line to make sure my mind wasn't playing tricks on me

[@jmalmsten]

A certain QI host was probably very sad about that undiscovery

[@D.S.handle]

Is this a reference to something?

[@TK-im9zp]

The most unbelievable thing about Pepys Island is that Cowley found anything nice to say about the Falklands

[@DanS044]

“Cold, wet and miserable. Just like home!”

[@wavecopper1]

​@@DanS044Good reference.

[@BoxOfToasters]

​@@DanS044200 years later: "This IS home!"

[@seanwebb605]

They're thinking of sending Prince Andrew back there. It's better than admitting what he did in that other island.

[@plwadodveeefdv]

​@@BoxOfToasters"it's my island 🤪"

[@murrayhelmer5810]

My favorite Google Maps error: Long Lake, in Nanaimo, British Columbia, originally flowed north, but was rerouted by mining activity in the 1890s. For some reason, google maps still shows the outlet creek flowing along its original course, which is now a large highway and a McDonald's.

[@greywolf7577]

I don't see any outlet creek now on Long Lake.

[@Gyrono]

Heh, that's my hometown and didn't realize that was a thing

[@Android5001]

​@@greywolf7577 it's not there on satellite view, but it's there on the classic map

[@daudimasinde6280]

Nanaimo is dope. Love stoping there on my way to Torino every summer.

[@Blue_Caribou]

Hang on, this video just got meta: In the article at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="676">11:16</a> if you pause and read (which I did, as any article that has that many "nope"s in a quote is one I want to read)... at the very bottom is a quote that reads "... like in that episode of Map Men about trap streets from 2019." I love it. Full circle journalism there lads!

[@Absurdi5t]

Holy shit it has come back full circle

[@ohyeahitsthatguy9454]

Did a quick google, that part’s not in the actual article, Jay added it Big fan of their textual Easter eggs

[@Absurdi5t]

@@ohyeahitsthatguy9454 LOL lore deepens XD

[@modern_milkman]

​@@ohyeahitsthatguy9454 as a matter of fact, the whole "nope nope nope" quote also doesn't appear in the actual article. So that was also added by Jay. The original article only says "[...] steamed to where the island was supposed to be, it was nowhere to be found". Nothing about pulling out binoculars, and nothing about nopes, either

[@User31129]

Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope does sound like something they'd say in Australia

[@maxchristersson6813]

R.I.P Flying Head and singing Intro Map man #2

[@MSI-E]

His name is Jay for your information habibi

[@RaccoonPower]

F

[@STANLEYDMX]

@@MSI-Ewho

[@chefboyardee2223]

​@@MSI-E If intro map man #2's name was so important I'm sure they would have named the channel that.

[@chipwiseman2]

@@chefboyardee2223 "Intro Map Man No. 1 and Jay" has such a lovely ring to it, as it happens

[@mvdbergrede]

A phantom island once helped me to establish the antiquity of an old Bible passed down in my family. For some reason it had lots of maps in it, including a world map. To my surprise the world map contained the island of 'Frisland' somewhere between Scotland, Norway and Iceland. I thought maybe it's an old name for the Faroe islands or something, but actually when I looked it up on the internet wikipedia said it was a phantom island that disappeared from most of the maps in the late 17th century and when we got the Bible properly dated it turned out to be from the mid 17th century.

[@vincentlevarrick6557]

That's cool!

[@atgosh]

That sounds like an awesome find! I wonder what denomination people of Frisland would have got, and perhaps more importantly, if it would apply to the bees

[@marcellkiss-redey8451]

@@atgosh Friesland, with an e, does actually exist, in northern Netherlands and northwestern Germany. Their language, Frisian, is the closest relative of the English language.

[@Eic17H]

@@marcellkiss-redey8451 Scots is a language

[@MustardKingCustard]

There is also another reason here. Many cartographers placed a small, false island on their maps for copyright purposes. If someone copied their map, it would be easy for the original creator to provide evidence of the copyright by stating the false island, yet the person in question would not. It also happens a lot in books. The author will deliberately spell one word wrong, so if it came into question, they would be able to say exactly which word is incorrect, and the person who stole their material would not.

[@CiCodiCadno]

Map Men did a video about this with phantom street names on British maps

[@kenkahre9262]

My late father was a cartographer and told me that they still do.

[@acookie7548]

is.. is that why i caught so many typos reading books as a kid?

[@heidibarker9550]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="563">9:23</a> I am very impressed with the call-back to Emerald island as it was indeed discussed 5 minutes and 49 seconds ago at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="214">3:34</a>

[@duncanhamilton5841]

Can confirm Jersey is indeed a phantom island. Flew over it once, it wasn't there. I'm reasonably certain I wasn't off course at all as France was exactly where I was expecting it to be, although someone had shifted it about 50 miles to the East

[@livwake]

My ex boyfriend was from jersey and I’m still not convinced

[@wta1518]

I can also confirm that Great Britain is a phantom island. I flew over it once and all I saw were clouds.

[@njdevilku1340]

It was moved to America in the 1600's. I live there now.

[@eljanrimsa5843]

Perhaps a mirage

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

It's called Jersey Classic now.

[@BobofWOGGLE]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="664">11:04</a> "and this was a part of the world where fish don't even have dial-up" See it's funny because most atlantic fish have cable broadband these days.

[@zacklewis342]

That's just Euro-centric fish racism. Again.

[@SineN0mine3]

​@@zacklewis342In large parts of the pacific ocean fish have skipped broadband and upgraded directly to 5G wireless. It's not racism, just the differences that make life spicy.

[@David_Crayford]

I take it nobody here has ever heard of *FISHNET*

[@mariuskreuder]

@@David_Crayford i thought the 'fish with dial-up' joke could never get better, yet here's a related comment thread that proves me wrong. Oh, god, how much I love the internet.

[@user-ym4xy6us5e]

Such is the price of PACIFIsm.

[@conormurphy4328]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="123">2:03</a> “The Sea is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to the Sea.”

[@psymar]

Thank you for reproducing that here because I'd have had to look it up otherwise and post it myself

[@rhyno754]

Well done! I feel like I was just hit with a lemon wrapped around a gold brick.

[@YouTube]

where would we be without a Wikipedia summary 🤣

[@cringeanimate]

I like islands

[@bod-7268]

13 Hours 4 likes? KZbin fell off

[@1994CivicGLi]

21 Hours 4 likes? KZbin fell off

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

Hello, KZbin! It's nice to see you here, commenting on a video on your own site!

[@salt-emoji]

Shut up corporation.

[@gracewenzel]

"For longitude we have an injured dog -- long story" ...what a nice callback to an earlier episode :D

[@PopeLando]

I missed that gag, so thanks! 😂😂

[@Conor1_23]

wgen is it?

[@hollowknightenjoyer]

​@@Conor1_23 "Longitude - History's deadliest riddle"

[@Kurious_]

when did it happen

[@ScribbleTAS]

@@Kurious_ At 3:04 ish in the log of Captain Cowley

[@user-kc9rs8ew4x]

Map Man has the distinction of being the one KZbin channel where I actually find myself hoping there will be an advertisement.

[@FreeFinca]

Patrick Gavia has the best ads, too.

[@assombranceanderson6175]

I initially skipped it, just to come back to it 5 sec later 😂

[@haiderzaidi3134]

Lando Kalriz as well

[@dvdvnr]

Jago Hazzard's videos often have amusing ads as well.

[@Pimkly]

Their ads are comedic sketches, and they’re so GOOD

[@brytonite1694]

I love how in every Map Men video, Jay always managed to make an original gag like that intro.

[@markcooper-jones7494]

Sometimes mark writes them... But not this time

[@soundscape26]

Jay and Mark let's be fair.

[@webkeylocknope9691]

Mark erasement over here 😢

[@watergal82]

This reminds me of a description of a plant I read once in a botany dichotomous key. The first described section, which tells who first told the other botanists about it, boiled down to "This super well known botanist said he found it in this mountain range, but it hasn't been seen there since so we think he was actually in this other mountain range a hundred miles away." 1800s in the American southwest, these things happened.

[@Trinitrophenylmethylnitramines]

I like how Jay keep the marker pen line on his face throughout the video

[@Itisstillok]

It was so extremely close to his eye that I flinched

[@donsample1002]

I blinked and missed when he got it, and spent 2/3 of the video wondering “What’s that mark on Jay’s face?” until I rewound and rewatched looking for it.

[@antonycharnock2993]

Probably because it was permanent and will need a brillo pad to remove it.

[@PlanetoftheDeaf]

@@donsample1002 Same here! Around 4:00 is when it happens.

[@cedwardcutts5797]

If there's one thing map men does right, it's continuity.

[@edderiofer]

I've heard that Tasmania is the opposite of a phantom island; it was thought by Europeans to be a peninsula of Australia for about 150 years, before someone finally sailed through the Bass Strait and determined that Tasmania was in fact an island. A few maps from the time do in fact show Tasmania (then "Van Diemen's Land") as being connected to the Australian mainland.

[@MrOtistetrax]

The native Tasmanians knew it was an island. Until they were systematically eradicated by the British to make way for sheep.

[@insertnamehere5809]

It was connected to Australia, but Tasmania became an island after the end of the last Ice Age, when increased sea levels created Tasmania, cutting off the Tasmanian Aborigines from the rest of their relatives in the mainland.

[@edwardcamp3376]

​@@MrOtistetraxAwesome virtue signaling. You're probably one of the best people who's ever lived.

[@luxford60]

Mind you, we used to have a copy of an old map which showed Australia connected to Antarctica, including many parts of Antarctica that were purely speculative. The whole thing being labelled as "Terra Australis Incognito".

[@pierrefley5000]

@@edwardcamp3376 You sure sound like someone who knows what he's talking about. Can you explain what virtue is being signaled here?

[@zachrodan7543]

you missed the most hilarious sort of phantom island: null island, located at the intersection of the equator and the prime meridian, where bad data goes to die.

[@Benjamin.Jamin.]

Oh, all my GIS layers end up there 😮

[@vagoguides]

To everyone who has not read the journal, I highly recommend it! A short novela! The character development! The betrayals! It's brilliant

[@pion7167]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="533">08:53</a> Jersey being listed as a phantom island xD

[@user-rd1mk9nb9h]

hello

[@rockallmusic]

I've been several times and even I have my doubts over whether it's real or a mirage.

[@Twannnng]

@@rockallmusic Jersey is real but Alderney's made up.

[@TheyTookMyFace]

Rightfully so, really

[@Leonid_333]

_♪ "Map man, man man, map-map-map man-man!" ♪_

[@underpussy_]

just the --two-- one of --us-- me

[@TheDriller-Killer]

🎵"Map-Man, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na, Map-Man..."🎵 😂😂😂

[@tktru]

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[@kingpeanut7273]

@@TheDriller-Killer the 3 laughing crying emojis would symbolize an extremely funny comment and yet I fail to see any joke that is nearly funny enough for that status

[@FreeFinca]

​@kingpeanut7273 You should learn seeing betterer.

[@mikeybhoutex]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="675">11:15</a> - I found the article and ensured that indeed it had in there the 'nope nope nope nope...' part. And you can imagine my surprise when I found that as shown it was truly... not there. You cheeky people you. Well done. :) /I sorta knew it wasn't, but... I mean... surely it could have been...

[@LoremIpsum905]

I totally thought it was. The Map Men would chide me for believing such silly fellows without double checking. 😢

[@Zestieee]

this channel is a blessing. thank you Jay and Mark for continuing to bring us Map Men after all these years ❤

[@esotericVideos]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="150">2:30</a> I love how when it's announced the ship is "The Bachelor's Delight", the captain replaces his hat to a hat reading "Hello Ladies".

[@dmign]

yup that was definitely a part of the video

[@NicolaW72]

😅

[@captainnomekop5056]

@@dmignThis Reply is definitely a reply.

[@thomaseriksen6885]

Hello, ladies

[@EonityLuna]

Of all the ads for Ground News I have seen, the one in this video here is probably the most creative and deadpan-hilarious one so far.

[@stephengraham5099]

Still annoying though.

[@abydosianchulac2]

It took far too long for me to get the visual gag.

[@LouisLovelessArtist]

The ads in map men are the only ads I watch

[@davidpage1028]

Loving the detail in that the colour scheme on the Air France plane at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="612">10:12</a> is the correct scheme for the 1970’s and not the current one. Great attention to detail!!!

[@styill]

I have to say that normally, the "ad" portion of a video is rather try and an unwelcome break in the video, but I love sitting through any ad made by any of Jay's channels. I swear some of them have more production value than the actual video.

[@MuchWhittering]

I appreciate the ITV-style thing in the corner just before the ad break.

[@deiseach02]

It's a sign a goal is about to be scored.

[@triphazard98]

Loved that little detail

[@AwesomeSheep48]

Agreed, I hate when people try to embed sponsors in an otherwise unrelated video or make seamless transitions. Advertising should be clearly demarcated.

[@MarkPentler]

Fun fact: they were used in other countries too for similar things! Not a huge amount, but some. The CBC in Canada used to throw up a white dot on live broadcasts before breaks so the regional centres knew what was coming. Nowadays every version of CBC has their master control in Toronto.

[@femboichik]

good ol' cue mark

[@milokojjones]

You know, watching map man is kinda like being on a ship - it's a long wait for videos, like going from port to port, but hell is it worth it when you get there. Map man never dissapoint.

[@bruhman0709]

The quality and "watchability" of your videos is unparalleled on this site, you never miss.

[@Freefs1]

yeah exatcly

[@Freefs1]

you misspelled exactly

[@celestialwaffle1491]

This channel is so genuine and funny, it reminds me of old KZbin when it was all made with passion.

[@yellowletters9465]

I've been having a tough few weeks, and you know what, a map men video is what you need. Cheers Jay

[@TheOne_6]

Same

[@XanderWarr]

map man*

[@RandomGuyJCI]

Who's Jay? There's only Mark in this video

[@Becky_Cooling]

same

[@L4wr3nc3810]

Same tbh

[@scorb-]

When I was younger I thought Captain Cook actually cooked the whole of Australia and that's why it was so hot there.

[@beringia14]

yeah ill incorporate that into my belief system

[@tocaadventureworld]

🤣🤣🤣

[@AzureOtsu]

real

[@basedblackbeard4456]

That reminds me of when i was a kid and thought Guy Fawkes day was about a big male fox attacking on that day so fireworks were set off to scare him away.

[@BoxOfToasters]

Captain Cook: Australian Version

[@TeaAndTunes]

You gents are fantastic, it’s always a pleasure when you upload! And the end of the ad read with the shuffling papers was perfect 👌🏻

[@SebastianVanWoerkom]

I find something very unsettling about the idea of arriving somewhere that a map says should have land, and finding nothing but the vast expanse of the ocean as far as the eye can see.

[@madmanmortonyt4890]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="241">4:01</a> Finally, Mark lives up to his name!

[@motorola9956]

Lol omg

[@The_redcoats]

10/10 pun

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

Hahahhaaha! Mark marked the map with a marker... and he marked Jay, too!

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="28">0:28</a> Teacher: "Did you do your homework?" Student: "The dog did my homework"

[@koushuu]

His homework is indeed, a phantom homework

[@jonathanm.1240]

Oh, I totaly missed this

[@emile345]

And when the teacher appears again later in the video, the chalkboard has written over it: "this week's geography assignment: reassemble last week's atlas"

[@rachelwalker7091]

@@emile345When I was at school we spent an inordinately large amount of time amending the names of Countries in our Geography books.

[@jasoncallow860]

Chat GTP and co-pilot did my homework

[@cnotv_dev]

I wish all the ads in the world were made by you guys. It would be the best thing happening in marketing ads from their existence.

[@chefmichaelt]

Always a fun time with you guys. Thanks ❤❤❤

[@Rafs-on-the-roof]

That little diary was so insanely long and funny for something that went by in a few seconds, wow Jay never disappoints with the annotations and little background jokes

[@dameanebulia]

Coming from a French person, please never stop to place little "hidden" details - especially French ones - throughout your content. It's always lovely to pause the video to properly notice some additional humorous touch you weren't able to truly catch at your first watch! (On a side note, we as a nation really should stop trying to make accurate geographical surveys, though I for one certainly won't mind if it means you'll keep on making videos about some of our silly oversights. I loved the previous one)

[@WaterShowsProd]

I like how the largest announcement on the board is for the new Asterix book. Certainly a prioritisation of news that I can agree with.

[@The360MlgNoscoper]

Well, you hit it out of the park with the Cassini maps. They are still used to this day!

[@albevanhanoy]

​@@WaterShowsProd Asterix is Love, Asterix is life

[@metalswifty23]

I'm starting to doubt whether New Caledonia even exists, or if it's just another French ploy to seem bigger than they are

[@cuonghoang2243]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="540">9:00</a> Planning a route that go through a bunch of phantom islands...

[@capnstewy55]

Possibly the best ground news ad I've seen.

[@bastih.5264]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="181">3:01</a> - Such an amazing effort. The diary only pops up for roughly seven seconds but the text is so hilarious. These videos are little masterpieces.

[@tomasbeltran04050]

funny indeed

[@JurgenErhard]

Thanks for reminding me to check that out. I had almost forgotten at the end.

[@coleoleoleo4045]

Martin Harris 2 😂

[@Twannnng]

They also mis-spelled "bachelor". And then spelled it correctly again.

[@zx85]

There's even an obscure Robot Wars reference in there. I can end up spending half an hour watching a 12 minute Map Men video 😁

[@AD_RC]

HE'S BACK

[@RagaarAshnod]

Let's go

[@romanhussain3085]

Yey

[@lucaalbertorizzo4114]

No, he is gone @0:04 😰

[@robbliss7999]

HE'S BACK AGAIN @0:17

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

Toddlers learn about object permanence while watching ipad videos

[@willvoorhies17]

I'm glad you men have posted this, it's been a while!

[@WryAun]

Delighted to see you back gentlemen! Thanks for the real info on imaginary islands! And kudos on the unexpectedly decent accent impressions!

[@MrDiscountNinja]

I will never stop commenting about how much I love the "advert impending' ticker.

[@charlottevixen9222]

i've only seen two channels do it, this and Plainly Difficult, i love it too

[@alexander0the0gray]

I was NOT prepared for the reveal of Jay's 8 fingers 😱 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="522">8:42</a>

[@esotericVideos]

They do everything so flawlessly that crazy hard effects just go by without fanfare.

[@N192K001]

lol I as well! I actually had to pause and go back! 🤣

[@torna2508]

My brain is so rotten that I saw that as normal until you pointed it out

[@Psychlist1972]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="523">8:43</a> bloody hell that's disturbingly well done

[@Eldrich4291]

"You're going to Brazil!" Brazil: *turns oblivion

[@abydosianchulac2]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="428">7:08</a> it feels like low-hanging fruit, but this must be one of the best gags I've not seen coming

[@psymar]

I didn't even get it the first time, I need sleep

[@starcrosspolaris]

one of the rare channels where you never want to skip sponsorship skits also I wonder if there's ever been a one man show called "skits-o-phrenic" I bet it would've been mental

[@vinsplayer2634]

That show actually does exist, found out by googling it.

[@nickrider5220]

Always a joy when one of your excellent videos magically appears !

[@tomdaloon]

Another brilliant video!! Thanks for making them!

[@jkitty542]

Back when I was in college I was in this really great Geography class and I was able to get our professor to play a Map Men episode. He said he liked the video but called you guys "dorky".

[@personperson3101]

He's a smart man.

[@safebox36]

My favourite phantom islands are two that did actually exist for centuries, but eventually sank due to rising sea levels. First is Doggerland which was colonised by early hominids and remained in folklore till the 1700s. The second is Graham Island / Ferdinand Island / Julia Island, a volcanic island that appears and disappears off the coast of Sicily and has been claimed by Britain, Italy, and France over the centuries of its popping up.

[@OllyDee123]

I'm only aware of Graham Island because of Terry Pratchett's book Jingo. Leshp!

[@twojuiceman]

Graham Island is about the size of two Starbucks, a Mcdonalds, and a parking area for doggers.

[@OrangeJews1138]

AI imagery, noooo……. :((

[@b3ndavies]

I think Jay has talked about Graham Island in a previous video?

[@andyjay729]

One phantom island, Thompson Island (near the actual Bouvet Island, the most isolated island on earth) was theorized to have been destroyed in a volcanic eruption, although considering when a ship went to its hypothesized location and found the ocean depth to be about 2400 meters/7900 feet, it's unlikely. However, it is of course true that the 2022 Tonga volcanic eruption destroyed most of its island, as did the Krakatoa eruption.

[@pierrelemoine8669]

Map Man is my favourite series on this channel, besides unfinished london, and all the rest

[@lornarettig3215]

Oooooo, ‘oughtn’t’ is a lovely word. Bravo, Sir 🙌🏼

[@JackSucksAtLife]

Amazing video as always!!

[@PixelZyxelPH]

JACK????????!?!?????????!!!

[@danny.tanttu]

What's Jack doing here?

[@LuckyWolfUnleashed]

JaCkAtTaK

[@boRegah]

Jay staring into the abyss when he's waiting his turn to speak. And the abyss is staring back

[@MundaneMuser]

This channel is a real treasure. I'm glad I found it.

[@Anonymoususer_2023]

I have missed you so much. Nice to see you back on KZbin. Please do more amazing videos on KZbin. 😄🙏

[@viyum2279]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="723">12:03</a> As a brazillian I really hope for this to become true soon

[@Koorbllaf]

Ironically, when the Portuguese arrive in what now is Brazil in 1500, they thought it was an island!

[@zUJ7EjVD]

The world map with just a long dangle from North America does seem interesting to explore.

[@AfonsoBucco]

​@@Koorbllaf also in Brazil there are "lakes" and rivers bigger than what they call "sea" in Europe.

[@MarcosWassem]

Vera Cruz​ Island @@Koorbllaf

[@joebleasdale5557]

“…but can be seen once every seven years like that ITV documentary about those children who turned into adults.” Never thought I’d ever see a reference to the Up! series in a KZbin comedy video but that’s Jay for you 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mranima748]

Smth you didn’t mention is that a small island could have exited at low tide in the 1800s, but at high tide in modern day is completely gone

[@superdriver777]

I laughed pretty hard at the ending of your commercial with the paper shuffling 😂

[@aliteralparadox5998]

map men is probably my favourite series on KZbin

[@unvergebeneid]

Wow, changing the intro showed real commitment to the bit!

[@bela_dinosaur]

you are getting better with every single video! great job these guys

[@cardboardempire]

Love Mapmen. Always makes my day when there's a new episode.

[@theaikidoka]

The first thing I thought when I saw the thumbnail was 'censored image of an aircraft carrier', I'm glad the real explanations are much more commonplace (and silly).

[@gregweatherup9596]

Same

[@markc514]

Same here. Now that this has been published it would be a good place to hide one.

[@theaikidoka]

@@markc514 Ah, the old double-bluff.

[@Shantara11]

I thought the video was going to be about Null island, but I was glad to be mistaken and learn something new

[@maggielouise7289]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="184">3:04</a> "To keep track of our longitude, we have an injured dog. (Long story)" 😂😂😂

[@KusacUK]

Now is that a reference to Curious Enquiries or The Island of the Day Before? I can’t find any reference to any of his voyages actually having had an injured dog on board to solve the longitude problem.

[@rge9992]

I think it’s a reference to their previous video on the problem @KusacUK😊

[@KusacUK]

@@rge9992 ah, I may have to rewatch it. I’d forgotten they’d covered that topic!

[@vincye5605]

I was extremely invested in the chalkboard gag - it did not disappoint. Jum jum!

[@Raigoor09]

First time in my life I saw an ad and actually was interested. Thanks!

[@sirsquirrel6176]

It’s always a special day when Jay posts

[@shrouddreamer]

According to the book "The Phantom Atlas" by Edward Brooke-Hitching published in 2016, Sandy Island (aka Île de Sable) is still found on Google Maps. With a note attached saying that the existence of this island was disproven.

[@eljanrimsa5843]

So now it is a phantom phantom island that is believed to be on Google Maps but isn't.

[@Snopey1]

The tendons you add you your hand at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="525">8:45</a>. I appropriate the work that went into that.

[@joeevans5770]

Jay having the pen mark for the rest of the video is my favourite bit

[@t_r_davies]

Love "Sumsang" on the TV in the sponsor skit.

[@turnerproductions]

Excellent once again, please don't ever stop making these videos - they are both hilarious and incredibly informative

[@Rextum]

The best KZbin channel. I wish they released more videos, but I understand quality takes time. Good work, lads!

[@personperson3101]

If they skipped all the silliness they could upload more. Plus it would be better.

[@keatonhughes7269]

That marker stroke was dangerously close to the eye.

[@deepaksrinivasmondal]

GOLD. You are the best "content creators" that ever existed, in the history of content creation. Ever ever.

[@arthurwang6333]

the only channel where i'm excited to watch the sponsor messages

[@nadiabarrett5195]

your ad for Ground News using the story of Jack and the Beanstalk was brilliant!

[@billkeithchannel]

Jack The Giant Killer

[@philismable]

It's like Christmas day everytime MapMen release a video. Love it.

[@TheTimB]

The "ads are coming" icon, in the top corner, made me feel really old. Thanks for that!

[@chaznada5433]

The humour is just too rich to not appreciate... I love you guys :DD

[@Kevuno]

I love y’all so much. I never cared for maps until you came around. Also you can tell a channel geniunely loves what they do when they put that much creativity into their sponsor segments