The Moon Maid · Chapter
Endnotes explained
The endnotes provide brief geographical annotations by Edgar Rice Burroughs, identifying probable real-world locations for settings described in the narrative, such as Cajon Pass, present-day Pasadena, and Rustic Canyon.
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The endnotes provide brief geographical annotations by Edgar Rice Burroughs, identifying probable real-world locations for settings described in the narrative, such as Cajon Pass, present-day Pasadena, and Rustic Canyon.
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“Probably Cajon Pass. —Edgar Rice Burroughs”
Burroughs suggests that a location in the story corresponds to Cajon Pass.
Geographical annotation by the author.
“The camp described probably occupies the site of present-day Pasadena. —Edgar Rice Burroughs”
Burroughs identifies the fictional camp as likely being where Pasadena now stands.
Author's note linking fiction to real geography.
“Probably Rustic Canyon, which enters Santa Monica Canyon a short distance above the sea. —Edgar Rice Burroughs”
Burroughs indicates that a described location is probably Rustic Canyon, near Santa Monica Canyon.
Author's geographical reference.
