Cockatrice: Kircher 1678
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Title: Cockatrice Author: Athanasius Kircher Date: 1678 Medium: Copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good Inches: 9 x 14 [Image] Centimeters: 22.9 x 35.6 [Image] Product ID: 3012001 Athanasius Kircher was a celebrated Jesuit Scholar and one of the first compilers of semi-scientific knowledge about the physical features of the Earth. His interpretations were based on personal observations and beliefs about how the world's geological systems worked. He suggested the tides and currents of the ocean flowed through subterranean tunnels, and the mountains were the exposed skeletal structure of the Earth.
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