Triton et al: Kircher 1678

Title: Triton et al Author: Athanasius Kircher Date: 1678 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good Plus - slight age toning and scuffing Inches: 9 x 14 [Image] Centimeters: 22.9 x 35.6 [Image] Product ID: 312001 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. Illustrations of various sea monsters and semi-human marine creatures. Kircher provides the creatures' names and descriptions, and in some cases the locations and years in which they were found. Fig. 1: Triton sive bellua marina humana specie Triton with the appearance of a marine human beast. Fig. 2: Monstrum marinum specie m