KIRCHER ATHANASIUS Mappa Fluxus et Refluxus rationes in Isth

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KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS. Mappa Fluxus et Refluxus rationes in Isthmo Americano, in Freto Magellanico, caeterisque Americae littoribus exhibens. Engraved map of the Americas. 14 1/2x18 1/2 inches sheet size; light browning along sheet edges, small chip upper margin. Amsterdam, 1665

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A fascinating map of North and South America from Kircher's Mundus Subterraneous, a study of the earth's ocean currents, subterranean and volcanic activity. The present map is one of the earliest attempts to represent of the currents of the western hemisphere's oceans. Kircher's maps are typically curious, as evidenced by the large crater lake at the headwaters of the Amazon. Burden 382.