Torca Island

Torca Island was an inhabited phantom island said to be located in the Indian Ocean, possibly in the East Indies. It purportedly vanished when a volcano erupted on 4 June 1693. The survivors escaped to a nearby island called Amboyna (present-day Ambon Island) on 18 July 1693.^[1] The villagers attempted to flee in canoes or by swimming, but many people died attempting to do this.

References[edit]

^ John Wesley (1823). A Survey of the Wisdom of God in the Creation: Or a Compendium of Natural Philosophy ... Containing an Abridgment of that Beautiful Work, The Contemplation of Nature, Volume 2. N. Bangs and T. Mason. pp. 21–22. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

Vincent Gaddis (1965). Invisible Horizons, p. 29. New York: Chilton Books.
Clark Barnaby Firestone (1924). The Coasts of Illusion: A Study of Travel Tales, p. 255. Harper Books.
William Shepard Walsh (1913). A Handy Book of Curious Information, pp. 910–911. J. B. Lippincott.

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[1] John Wesley (1823). A Survey of the Wisdom of God in the Creation: Or a Compendium of Natural Philosophy ... Containing an Abridgment of that Beautiful Work, The Contemplation of Nature, Volume 2. N. Bangs and T. Mason. pp. 21–22. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

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