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The Rupes Nigra ("Black Rock"), a phantom island, was believed to be a black rock located at the Magnetic North Pole or at the geographic North Pole itself. Described by Gerardus Mercator as 33 French miles in size, it provided a supposed explanation for why all compasses point to this location.
Inventio Fortunata (also Inventio Fortunate, Inventio Fortunat or Inventio Fortunatae), "Fortunate, or fortune-making, discovery", is a lost book, probably dating from the 14th century, containing a description of the North Pole as a magnetic island (the Rupes Nigra) surrounded by a giant whirlpool and four continents.
Peoria City Hall [7] 419 Fulton Street 1895-1898 February 1991 February 6, 1973 Peoria Mineral Springs and Residence [5] 701 W Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Drive c. 1843 June 1994 March 5, 1982 Peoria Women’s Club [7] 301 NE Madison Avenue 1893 April 2013 N/A Pettengill-Morron House [5] 1212 W Moss Avenue 1868 December 2021 April 2, 1976 ...
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July 13, 1976 (416 Hamilton Boulevard: Peoria: 8: Grand View Drive: Grand View Drive: September 27, 1996 (Roughly bounded by N. Prospect Rd., the Illinois River bluffs, Adams St., and the Grand View Dr. W. right of way
Caterpillar Bldg D. 8826 W. Route 24, Mapleton. Corner Inn. 118 S. Magnolia St., Elmwood. Dairy Queen. 4204 N. Sheridan Road, Peoria. Great Harvest Bread Company
The Blutowne development — situated at 501 W. Washington St. in East Peoria — will include 10,000 square feet of commercial space and more than 200 apartments.
The Forest Park Nature Center is a staffed nature center in Peoria Heights, a suburb of Peoria, Illinois.The nature center and surrounding parkland is operated by the Peoria Park District to interpret and celebrate the elevational bluffs and oak savannahs of the Peoria Lake watershed, which in CE 1492 was one of the most fertile and productive ecosystems known to humankind.