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Title: Hydrophilacium Africæ precipuum, in Montibus Lunæ situm, lacus et flumina præcipua fundens, ubi et nova inventio originis Nili describitur

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1665

Publishers

  • [Amstelodami : Apud Joannem Janssoniusm & Elizeum Weyerstraten, 1665]

Summary

Volume and page number (Tomus I.72) appear in top right-hand corner. From: Mundus subterraneus ... Amstelodami : Apud Joannem Janssonium & Elizeum Weyerstraten, 1665. Map of Southern Africa, showing the source of the Nile under the Mountains of the Moon, labeled "Hydrophilacium sub Montibus Lunæ"; relief shown pictorially.

Subjects

  • Africa, Southern
  • Geology—Early works to 1800
  • Africa, Southern—Maps
  • Maps—Africa, Southern—1665
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (8.5, 63.94, 5.46, -35.52)
  • Geometry: BBOX (8.5, 63.94, 5.46, -35.52)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680. Hydrophilacium Africæ precipuum, in Montibus Lunæ situm, lacus et flumina præcipua fundens, ubi et nova inventio originis Nili describitur. [Amstelodami : Apud Joannem Janssoniusm & Elizeum Weyerstraten, 1665]. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-wm117q829

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • lat