# Kircher's map of Atlantis (Mundus subterraneus, 1665)

> The earliest drawn map of Atlantis this review found: an island in the Atlantic, drawn with south at the top, between Africa and Spain and America.

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**ART** 0DCP8BWPR5V2·Artifact · map

# Kircher's map of Atlantis (Mundus subterraneus, 1665)

PhotographPublic domain1665

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[![Wikimedia Commons file, public domain. Commons credits it to Mundus subterraneus, vol. 1, Amsterdam, and dates it 1664 in its description and 1678 in the file name; the Internet Archive copy of the first edition is dated 1665.](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/eye-of-the-sahara-kircher-map)](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/eye-of-the-sahara-kircher-map?w=2000)

Wikimedia Commons file, public domain. Commons credits it to Mundus subterraneus, vol. 1, Amsterdam, and dates it 1664 in its description and 1678 in the file name; the Internet Archive copy of the first edition is dated 1665.

The earliest drawn map of Atlantis this review found: an island in the Atlantic, drawn with south at the top, between Africa and Spain and America.

Athanasius Kircher. Public domain

## Copies 1

**Kircher's atlantis** Athanasius Kircher · commons.wikimedia.org · 1665 · Public domainPrimary source: [Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCP1KN3VNXT/mundus-subterraneus-in-xii-libros-digestus)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlantis_Kircher_Mundus_subterraneus_1678.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/5a1b580b310410a8ebc05e6094249bd9dc315b70e040656f004ae78c8645090c)

## Sources 1

- [Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCP1KN3VNXT/mundus-subterraneus-in-xii-libros-digestus)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Kircher's map of Atlantis (Mundus subterraneus, 1665) [Artifact ART0DCP8BWPR5V2]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DCP8BWPR5V2
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Map

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1665

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Public domain

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