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Mundus Subterraneus, 1664
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Title:
Mundus Subterraneus, 1664
Caption:
Illustration by Athanasius Kircher from his 1664 book Mundus Subterraneus. It depicts a section of the earth with a great fire at its center, which communicates with many smaller bodies of fire; also many caverns within the earth filled with water; volcanoes, fumaroles and hot springs are also included. Kircher (1601-1680) was a German Jesuit scholar, a scientific star in his day, he published around 40 works ranging in subject matter from oriental studies to geology to medicine.
Credit:
Album / Science Source
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Image size:
4189 x 3468 px | 41.6 MB
Print size:
35.5 x 29.4 cm | 14.0 x 11.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1600'S • 1600S • 1664 • 17TH CENTURY • ARTWORK • ASTRONOMY: OBSERVATORY • ATHANASIUS KIRCHER • ATHANASIUS KIRCHNER • DOCUMENT • DRAWING • EARTH • ENGRAVING • ERUPTING • EUROPE • EUROPEA • EUROPEAN • FIRES • FLEET • FOUR WINDS • GEOGRAPHICAL • GEOGRAPHY • GEOLOGIA • GEOLOGICAL • GEOLOGY • GEOPHYSICAL • GEOPHYSICS • GEOTHERMAL • GERMAN • GERMANS • GLOBE • HISTORICAL • HISTORY OF SCIENCE • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • JESUIT ORDER • JESUIT • JESUITAS • JESUITS • KIRCHER • KIRCHNER • LATIN • MANUSCRIPT • MARINE • MONKS, JESUIT • MUNDUS SUBTERRANEUS • MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES • NAVY • OBSERVATORY • OCEAN • OCEANOGRAPHY • ORDER, JESUIT • ORRERY • PAGE • PLANET • PLANETARIUM • PLANETARY • RENAISSANCE • SCIENCE HISTORY • SCIENCE • SEA • SEAS • SUBTERRANEAN • SURFACE • TEXT • THEORY • TIDE • TIDES • UNDERGROUND • VOLCANO • VOLCANOLOGY • VULCAN • VULCANO • WATER • WIND • WINDS • WRITING
