Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Proposed Northern Entrance to a Hollow Earth
A dark circular depression interrupts the top of a globe viewed over the northern continents. The surrounding rim slopes towards the opening. Reed labels it the northern entrance to the Earth’s interior, an illustration of his historical hollow-Earth theory.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Proposed Northern Entrance to a Hollow Earth" [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 168. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0453-0168
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
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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Illustrator not identified. The Proposed Northern Entrance to a Hollow Earth. The Phantom of the Poles. Scan leaf 168. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0453-0168