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Mundus Alter et Idem is a satirical dystopian novel written by Joseph Hall c. 1605. In the novel, the narrator takes a voyage in the ship Fantasia, in the southern seas, visiting the lands of Crapulia, Viraginia, Moronia, and Lavernia (populated by gluttons, nags, fools, and thieves, respectively). Hall’s map of the novel was written when he was a student at the University of Cambridge in 1607.Map credit: Joseph Hall