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  2. Rupes Nigra - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Inventio Fortunata - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. National Register of Historic Places listings in Collier ...

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    Location of Collier County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Collier County, Florida.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Collier County, Florida, United States.

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  6. Naples Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Naples Historic District is a U.S. historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, located in Naples, Florida. [1] The 500 acres (2.0 km 2) district is bounded by Ninth Avenue S, 3rd Street, Thirteenth Avenue S, and the Gulf of Mexico. It contains 65 historic houses, two historic commercial buildings, and 26 ...

  7. Collier–Seminole State Park - Wikipedia

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    Collier–Seminole State Park is a Florida State Park located on US 41, 17 miles (27 km) south of Naples, Florida. The park is the home of a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark , the Bay City Walking Dredge used to build the Tamiami Trail through the Everglades .

  8. Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park - Wikipedia

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    Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park is a Florida state park located on a barrier island on Florida's southwest coast near Naples, Florida, 6 miles west of I-75 in North Naples. The Cocohatchee River and the Gulf of Mexico are accessible from the park, which contains a hard-bottom reef .

  9. Archaeological sites in Naples - Wikipedia

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    Naples (Italy) and its immediate surroundings preserve an archaeological heritage of inestimable value and among the best in the world. For example, the archaeological park of the Phlegraean Fields (Cumae, Baiae, the Flavian Amphitheatre and the Pozzuoli forum) is directly connected to the centre of Naples through the Cumana railway, and the nearby sites of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae and ...