1826 Letter Expedition South Pole to Find Symmesonia , Capt Symmes , Lewis Co NY. But I’ll say it anyway -The Watermark is NOT ON THE ACTUAL LETTER just my scans. 3 page letter , Clinton NY Red cancel , Oct 31 date. Content of Letter is extraordinary, about. John Cleves Symmes and the Hollow Earth. Addressed to Mr Isaac Wetmore , from his Brother. He was not the first nor the last hollow earth theorist, but he was certainly among the most interesting, in part because he advanced his theories during when polar exploration was an active concern. Symmes presented the bare facts of his theory of concentric spheres and polar voids in a short piece entitled Light gives light, to light discoverad infinitum. Responses varied from scorn to enthusiasm, even willingness to join his proposed expedition. Symmes theory was debated in 1824 in the pages of the Cincinnati Literary Gazette. Also is 1818 this was published. Of Ohio, Late Captain of Infantry. – I have ready for the press, a Treatise on the Principles of Matter, wherein I show proofs of the above positions, account for various phenomena, and disclose Doctor Darwin’s Golden Secret. My terms are the patronage of this and the new worlds. I dedicate to my Wife and her ten Children. I select Doctor S. Davy, and Baron Alex. De Humboldt, as my protectors. I ask one hundred brave companions, well equipped, to start from Siberia in the fall season, with Reindeer and slays, on the ice of the frozen sea: I engage we find a warm and and rich land, stocked with thrifty vegetables and animals if not men, on reaching one degree northward of latitude 82; we will return in the succeeding spring. “Hollow earth” John Symmes was one of the proponents of the belief there were inhabitable places under the crust of the planet, and that it was peopled. His book about this area entitled, like the book, “Symmesonia”, had some literary influence. It’s entrance and exit spots were supposed to be the North and South Pole Edgar Allan Poe set the stage for it’s appearance in the South Pole in his only, unfinished novel, The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym”, and it laid the foundation for the plot of Jules Verne’s “A Journey to the Center of the Earth. ” Martin Gilbert has a chapter on this belief and Symmes as well as the “flat earthers and their egomaniac leader Rev. Wilbur Voliva in his book “In the Name of Science”. Page 3 clearly mentions the upcoming expedition to find Symmesonia and mentions Capt Symmes by name…. And even details about the poles , Degrees , distances , etc. Amazing letter that should be in a museum or. Though Symmes himself never wrote a book about his ideas, several authors published works discussing his ideas. McBride wrote Symmes’ Theory of Concentric Spheres in 1826. It appears that Reynolds has an article that appeared as a separate booklet in 1827: Remarks of Symmes’ Theory Which Appeared in the American Quarterly Review. In 1868, a professor W. Lyons published The Hollow Globe which put forth a Symmes-like Hollow Earth hypothesis, but failed to mention Symmes himself. Symmes’s son Americus then published The Symmes’ Theory of Concentric Spheres in 1878 to set the record straight. Thank you for visiting my store and viewing this item , stop by again I list fresh items 365 days a year!! PLEASE READ ALL THE BORING DETAILS. You can count on us to be factual as to the best of our knowledge and have clear accurate photographs. Photographs often disclose condition far better than verbiage as many people have different ideas on what terms may mean. Thank you very much for visiting my auctions I honestly appreciate it. I list the Antique & Unique , Unusual things & items of distinction. DO NOT DUPLICATE OR COPY! Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “1826 Letter Expedition to South Pole Hollow Earth, Capt Symmes, Lowsville NY” is in sale since Wednesday, February 21, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Paper\Correspondence\Pre-1900″. The seller is “history-cellar” and is located in Manchester, Maryland. This item can be shipped to United States, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Canada, Australia.