"Tabula qua Hydrophylacium Andium Exhibetur, quo Universa America Australis Innumeris Fluviis Lacubusq Irrigatur", Kircher, Athanasius

Very unusual map of South America from one of the first compilations of semi-scientific knowledge about the physical features of the world. The map is totally devoid of political detail with only a few regional names. Instead the map features the principal rivers, lakes, mountains and volcanoes. The mythical Lake Parime is here mistakenly linked to Parime lacus, alias Titicacca (Lake Titicaca). Paraquay is oddly depicted south of the R. Della Plata (Rio de la Plata), and a huge crater lake, more closely located to Lake Titicaca, is situated just above the Tropic of Capricorn. The Andes are shown as a chain of live volcanoes. The map is embellished with a large title cartouche at bottom. Published in a Dutch edition of Kircher's famous Subterranean World.

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Condition: B+

A crisp impression on a lightly toned sheet with a few marginal spots of foxing.