The Road to Perdition – Hell Located Various Hell locations around the world; New Jersey leads the pack.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
April 25, 2018
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , News , religion , Social History , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged damnation , Darvasa Gas Crater , devil , geography , Hell , Mount Etna , Mount Heckla , New Jersey , Perdition , purgatory , St Patrick's Purgatory , The Rev. Caesar Andrew Augustus Taylor , The Road to Perdition: Hell Located , William Whiston
Reading about the astonishing variety of figures and faces recently seen on Mars, I was reminded of this topical foray into cartographical simulacra: faces of British politicians found in the maps of the world.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
August 20, 2015
in Ephemera , News , Prophecies , Social History , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Edward Terry , geography , Joseph Chamberlain , Li Hung Chang , Lord Salisbury , map faces , map simulacra , Mr Punch , simulacra , Sir William Harcourt , White House shadowgraphs
