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Hollow Earth - The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilizations, and Marvelous Machines Below the Earth's Surface (Paperback, New ed)
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Hollow Earth - The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilizations, and Marvelous Machines Below the Earth's Surface (Paperback, New ed)
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Loot Price R516
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Beliefs in mysterious underworlds are as old as humanity. But the
idea that the earth has a hollow interior was first proposed as a
scientific theory in 1691 by Sir Edmond Halley (of comet fame), who
suggested that there might be life down there as well. Hollow Earth
traces the surprising, marvellous, and just plain weird
permutations his ideas have taken over the centuries. From science
fiction to utopian societies and even religions, Hollow Earth
travels through centuries and cultures, exploring how each era's
relationship to the idea of a hollow earth mirrored its hopes,
fears, and values. Illustrated with everything from
seventeenth-century maps to 1950s pulp art to movie posters and
more, Hollow Earth is for anyone interested in the history of
strange ideas that just won't go away.
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