Pellucidar

This article is about a fictional landmass. For the novel of the same name, see Pellucidar (novel). For the album by John Zorn, see Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula.
Not to be confused with Pellucida.

Pellucidar series
AuthorEdgar Rice Burroughs
CountryUnited States
GenreAdventure novel
Published1914–1963
No. of books7
Pellucidar
At the Earth's Core location
The original map of Pellucidar from the first edition of Pellucidar (1915).
Created byEdgar Rice Burroughs
In-universe information
TypeHollow Earth
Race(s)
  • Ape-Men
  • Azarians
  • Brute-Men
  • Coripies
  • Ginaks
  • Gilacks
  • Gorbuses
  • Horbis
  • Jukans
  • Korsars
  • Mahars
  • Mammoth Men
  • Manats
  • Mezops
  • Sabretooth Men
  • Sagoths
  • Tandar
  • Xexots
Characters

Pellucidar is the internal surface of a fictional Hollow Earth invented by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs for a series of action adventure stories.[1] In a crossover event, Tarzan, who was also created by Burroughs, visits Pellucidar.

The stories initially involve the adventures of mining heir David Innes and his inventor friend Abner Perry after they use an "iron mole" to burrow 500 miles into the Earth's crust. Later protagonists include indigenous caveman Tanar and additional visitors from the surface world, notably Tarzan, Jason Gridley, and Frederich Wilhelm Eric von Mendeldorf und von Horst.[2]

  1. ^ Manguel, Alberto; Guadalupi, Gianni (1987). The Dictionary of Imaginary Places. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. pp. 295–297. ISBN 0-15-626054-9.
  2. ^ Pulpdom, Nos. 64, 65, 66, 67, April, June, August, October, "Pellucidar Revisited" by Mike Taylor, published by Camille Cazedessus,