The "Map of Atlantis" comes from the encyclopaedic treatise Mundus Subterraneus by the learned Jesuit Athanasius Kircher, published in Amsterdam between 1665 and 1668. The engraving depicts the legendary island of Atlantis placed in the middle of the Atlantic, between the coasts of Africa and Hispania to the east and America to the west, in keeping with Plato's account "before the Pillars of Hercules". The map is oriented with south at the top and bears the Latin title "Situs Insulae Atlantidis, a mari olim obsorptae ex mente Aegyptiorum et Platonis descriptio", which claims the Egyptians and Plato as its sources. It is not a real geographical map, but a learned speculation combining classical learning, theology and early modern cartographic knowledge.
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Print on handmade Amalfi paper Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade
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