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Title

Tabula geographico-hydrographica motus oceani, currentes, abyssos, montes ignivomos in universo orbe indicans, notat haec fig. abyssos montes vulcanios. [cartographic material] 

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Item (linked) part of

World maps [cartographic material] (R11981-1-8-E)

Date(s)

1665]

Place of creation

Netherlands

Publisher

Apud Joannem Janssonium & Elizeum Weyerstraten

Extent

1 map : hand col. ; 33 x 53 cm on sheet 39 x 58 cm.

Scope and content

This map depicts ocean currents, volcanoes and deep-sea chasms. The continents are void of political detail and only major lakes, rivers and volcanoes are shown. There are prominent Northwest and Northeast sea passages and a vast southern continent. Kircher's theories included the notion that the world's oceans were all interconnected and subterranean tunnels are shown connecting the oceans and seas.

Conditions of access

Cartographic material
90: Open
Original can be viewed in the presence o
f an early cartographic archivist. Microfiche version is open.
Cartographic material
Microfiche NMC9818
90: Open
Item no. (creator)
Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection #45
Cartographic material
90: Open
Volume
45
90: Open
Archival reference no.
R11981-507-7-E
Other accession no.
80101/245 CA
Local class no.
H3/10000/[1665]

Terms of use

Credit Library and Archives Canada.
Copyright expired.

Creator / Provenance

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.

Biography / Administrative history

Jesuit scholar, born Geyseen, Germany, died Rome. Geographer, traveller, mathematician, engraver and astronomer who settled in Rome. Expert on China, Egypt and Ethiopia, and translator of oriental scripts. He wrote a treatise on magnetic variations. He produced thematic maps which appeared in "Mundus Subterraneus, which was published in Amsterdam 1665, 1668, 1678.

Additional information

Pictorial relief.

No names appear on the Canadian section of this crudely drawn map. A map with this title, attributed to Kircher, was offered for sale by Francis Edwards Ltd. 1951.

This copy is considered "earlier than 'Walters Art Gallery Map - 1953'".

"Tomus 1.124" appears in upper right corner.

From Kircher's : Mundus subterraneus quo divinum. Subterrestris mundi opisicium...demonstratur, 2v.

Physical condition note
On verso: adhesive tape along fold line.

Custodial history
Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.

Cartographic math data
Scale indeterminate.

Citation / reference note
Sabin, Entry 37967
Shirley, Entry 436

Availability of other formats note
The microfiche version is NMC9818.

Exhibitions note
This map was part of an exhibition held at The Royal Ontario Museum, March 1954 entitled "The Discovery & Mapping of the Great Lakes 'Sweet Water' 1522-1703 showcasing MacDonald's Collection.

Subject heading

1. World - Maps - Early works to 1800.
2. Volcanoes - Maps - Early works to 1800.

Source

Private

Other system control no.

CARTO17947

MIKAN no.

4140541