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There be Dragons
12020-05-01T05:46:14-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f591Full Title: Map of the Volcanoes of Kamchatka (Karta vulkanov Kamchatki) // Nikolai Georgievich Kell' // Leningrad, 1926 // Library of Congress. Catalog permalink: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g7322k.mf000021plain2020-05-01T05:46:14-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
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12020-05-01T05:18:50-04:00There be Dragons7scientific proof that this is a land of fire-breathing monstersplain2020-05-05T16:28:15-04:001926At first glance, this might appear to be just another rigorous, scientific study. And yes, it was published by the Pacific branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
But venture a second glance. Astronomical readings, geological information, pictorial elements, statistics, watershed designations, relief - all of it comes together to document a space that is anything but measured and orderly. This is a land of smoking peaks and quaking coasts. It is dangerous and unpredictable and beautiful. The dragons are here, on this map, shown in profile. As if by sketching and numbering them they might be controlled.