The Phantom Island of Google Maps

📕 Buy the MAP MEN BOOK 'This Way Up - When Maps Go Wrong' https://lnk.to/mapmen 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? SEE NEW EPISODES EARLY, AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES EXTRAS... https://www.patreon.com/mapmen Written and presented by JAY FOREMAN https://www.twitter.com/jayforeman MARK COOPER-JONES https://www.twitter.com/markcooperjones Director/DOP JADE NAGI https://www.twitter.com/jade_nagi Edited by JAY FOREMAN Runner ABBY TIMMS VFX DAVE BRAIN https://www.twitter.com/guksack Highly recommended browsing: https://andrewpekler.com/phantom-islands/