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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.

Key passages

  • 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.

The Moon Maid — Endnotes Explained