Dragon filled skies, from the c. 1552 "Augsburg Book of Miraculous Signs"
Further Reading: Phenomenon
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Invocations: Damned Things
Inspiration from Charles Fort's 1919 "The Book of the Damned" in which he laid out the assorted strange and unexplained phenomena he felt science was either ignoring or explaining away.
The seemingly impenetrable Crocker Mountains in the Arctic blocked the expedition of Sir John Ross and his quest for the Northwest Passage in 1818. They were later determined to be a complex illusion known as "fata morgana"
Further Reading: ILLUSION
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Bethlehem Royal Hospital in London, founded in the 13th century and known known as "Bedlam" became the archetype for the terrors of asylum life.
Further Reading: MADNESS
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HG Robley shown with his collection of Mokomokai
Further Reading: PRESERVED
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In the middle ages pomanders - from the French "pomme d'ambre" - contained spices to ward off plague and the unpleasant aromas related to death and disease
Further Reading: SPICE
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Port De San Francisco Dans La Haute Californie, Eugene Duflot de Mofras 1844
Further Reading: BEFORE SAN FRANCISCO
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Main Street, Grass Valley
Further Reading: GOLD, MURDER & SPIRITS
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