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Mappa fluxus et refluxus rationes in ISTHMO AMERICANO in FRETO MAGELLANICO, caeterisque Americae... |
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KIRCHER Athanasius |
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Date: |
Amsterdam 1665 |
| Size: |
150
x 225 mm |
| Condition: |
Upper margin skilfully restored. Very good condition. |
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info: From "MUNDUS SUBTERRANEUS." Athanasius
Kircher (1602-80) was a German Jesuit scientist
who travalled widely before setting in Rome.
There he founded the Museo Kitcheriano in
the Collegio Romano. Amongst his many published
works is this one describing the world`s ocean
current, tides, volcanic distribution, and
the core structure of the planet. This map,
along with others in the two volume work,
illustrates for the first time the ocean`s
currents. North America bears no detail beyond
the naming of California, and the lakes of
Mexico City which are locatdes too far north.
A huge crater lake dominates Souht America
near the headwaters of the Amazon River. There
were two later editios, one in 1668, and another
in 1678. |
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