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16 de jun. de 2010 · Mundus Subterraneus is the most geological of Kircher's works. This book is notable for containing early plates of the Earth's interior, and views of spectacular eruptions of Mt. Vesuvius and Mt. Etna. Plato's Atlantis is represented as an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Mundus subterraneus, quo universae denique naturae divitiae (very roughly "The subterranean world, all its riches") is a scientific textbook written by Athanasius Kircher, and published in 1665. The work depicts Earth's geography through textual description, as well as lavish illustrations.
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680; Publisher: Janssonium, Joannem; Contributor: Elizeum, Weyerstraten; Place of publication: Netherlands--Amsterdam; Format: Image; Text; Genre: Engravings; Illustrated works; Rare books; Extent: 724 pages; 40 cm H; Language: Latin; Subject: Alchemy; Earth (Planet) Earth sciences; Geochemistry; Hydrography; Kircher ...
- Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680
- Netherlands--Amsterdam
- Elizeum, Weyerstraten
- Janssonium, Joannem
Kircher's model of the Earth's internal fires, from Mundus Subterraneus. On a visit to southern Italy in 1638, the ever-curious Kircher was lowered into the crater of Vesuvius , then on the brink of eruption, to examine its interior.
4 de dez. de 2020 · This publication on the geography of the earth was the first of several books that German Jesuit Athanasius Kircher (1602–1680) had printed in Amsterdam in order to avoid Roman censorship. In this spectacular publication, he combined ancient and medieval natural philosophy with observations of his own.
30 de abr. de 2024 · Renaissance man. philosophical concept. Also known as: Homo universalis, Universal man, Uomo universale. Written and fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Kircher’s investigations of the earth in his immense two-volume tome, Mundus Subterraneus (1664–1665) are replete with an astounding and strange variety of subjects, including astrol ogy, volcanoes, alchemy, mining, dragons, weather, eclipses, fossils, and gravity (Godwin 1978).
