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228 - Athanasius Kircher, *Tabula Geographica Hydrophylacium Asiae Majoris exhibens, quo Omnia Flumina sive proximè sive remotè per occultos meandros Originem suam sortiuntur*. Amsterdam: printed by Johannes Janssonius à Waesberge and Elizaeus Weyerstraet, 1664–1665 and subsequent years. Copper engraving. 344 × 415 mm. Sheet: 395 × 445 mm. From *Mundus Subterraneus*, arranged in XII books, which describes the divine creation of the subterranean world and the marvelous distribution of nature’s workshops therein [...], first published in Amsterdam in 1664–1665, with subsequent expanded editions in 1668 and 1678. The map illustrates Kircher’s theory that Asian rivers do not originate solely from rainfall or surface glaciers, but from an immense underground lake located in the Himalayan/Tibetan region. (1) Complete sheet with original margins; vertical binding crease in the center. Slight defects and minimal signs of wear.
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Athanasius Kircher, *Tabula Geographica Hydrophylacium Asiae Majoris exhibens, quo Omnia Flumina sive proximè sive remotè per occultos meandros Originem suam sortiuntur*. Amsterdam: printed by Johannes Janssonius à Waesberge and Elizaeus Weyerstraet, 1664–1665 and subsequent years. Copper engraving. 344 × 415 mm. Sheet: 395 × 445 mm. From *Mundus Subterraneus*, arranged in XII books, which describes the divine creation of the subterranean world and the marvelous distribution of nature’s workshops therein [...], first published in Amsterdam in 1664–1665, with subsequent expanded editions in 1668 and 1678. The map illustrates Kircher’s theory that Asian rivers do not originate solely from rainfall or surface glaciers, but from an immense underground lake located in the Himalayan/Tibetan region. (1) Complete sheet with original margins; vertical binding crease in the center. Slight defects and minimal signs of wear.
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