Tabula Geographica Hydrophylacium Asiæ Majoris: Kircher 1665

Title: Tabula Geographica Hydrophylacium Asiæ Majoris Author: Athanasius Kircher Date: 1665 Medium: Copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good - age toning, foxing, wear along issued center fold, repaired tear in bottom margin Inches: 18 7/8 x 14 7/8 [Paper] Centimeters: 47.94 x 37.78 [Paper] Product ID: 101329 Tabula Geographica Hydrophylacium Asiæ Majoris exhibens, quo Omnia Flumina sive proximè sive remotè per occultos mæandros Originem suam sortiuntur. "Map showing the cavern lake of Asia Major, out of which all rivers near and far originate through hidden meanders." Map of South Asia and the Middle East including the Arabian Peninsula, the Persian Gulf, part of the Caspian Sea, and present-day Iran, Iraq, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, the Philippines, Singapore, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Map shows a large, cavernous lake to the north of India. Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680) was a celeb