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Portrait of Athanasius Kircher
Athanasius Kircher1678
The Royal Society
London, United Kingdom
Printed portrait of Athanasius Kircher placed in opening of his Mundus Subterraneus. The Jesuit Athanasius Kircher travelled to the Mediterranean in the 1630s, experiencing an earthquake and viewing Stromboli and Etna. He explored the crater of Vesuvius and his experiences fed into his great book of natural philosophy: Mundus Subterraneus first published in 1665.
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- Title: Portrait of Athanasius Kircher
- Creator: Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680)
- Date Created: 1678
- Provenance: Presented to the Society by Emanuel Mendes Da Costa, 10 November 1763
- Rights: Copyright The Royal Society, 2019
- External Link: To license this image please visit the Royal Society Picture Library
- Medium: Ink, Paper
- Scientist: Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680)
- Field: Volcanology, Geology, Astronomy
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