Art, Symbol & Imagination
View of the Water-Sky
A small sailing ship occupies open water between broken ice and distant frozen shores. Broad bands of cloud cross the sky above. The caption calls the scene a view of the water-sky, which Reed discusses in his interpretation of polar exploration reports.
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Illustrator not identified. "View of the Water-Sky" [editorial title]. In The Phantom of the Poles, William Reed. New York: Walter S. Rockey Company, 1906; complete IAPSOP historical scan, including the author’s portrait and final page 283., 1906, Walter S. Rockey Company. Source scan leaf 52. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0453-0052
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An illustration from William Reed’s historical hollow-Earth argument. The source’s polar geography and proposed openings are speculative claims, not established geography.
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The Phantom of the PolesWilliam Reed1906More from this book
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Illustrator not identified. View of the Water-Sky. The Phantom of the Poles. Scan leaf 52. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0453-0052