In 1516, English humanist Sir Thomas More published a book titled "X"
This book compared the social and economic conditions of Europe with those of a society on an imaginary island located off the coast of the Americas.
This imaginary island X shares its name with a society in Ontario, Australia, Texas and even a village off Netherlands.
X planitia is an impact crater created on the surface of Mars, it was named in reference to the very society More referred to.
More named this society X , a compound of Greek for "not, or no" and topos, Greek for place.
It basically meant a place that cannot exist.
Which place x?
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