# Kircher 1665: Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus

> Athanasius Kircher, 1665. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Primary source for the earliest known drawn map of Atlantis, which sets the island…

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# Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus

Athanasius Kircher, 1665. Joannes Janssonius van Waesberge.

Contains the map "Situs Insulae Atlantidis, a Mari olim absorptae ex mente Aegyptiorum et Platonis descriptio" (the site of the island of Atlantis, once swallowed by the sea, after the Egyptians and Plato). It draws Atlantis as a large island in the Atlantic between Africa and Spain on one side and America on the other, with south at the top. It is the earliest drawn map of Atlantis in common use.

**Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis** **Primary source** BookCopy of **[Kircher's map of Atlantis (Mundus subterraneus, 1665)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/artifacts/ART0DCP8BWPR5V2/kirchers-map-of-atlantis-mundus-subterraneus-1665)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Primary source for the earliest known drawn map of Atlantis, which sets the island in the Atlantic between Africa and Spain and America.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Kircher's map of Atlantis (Mundus subterraneus, 1665)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/artifacts/ART0DCP8BWPR5V2/kirchers-map-of-atlantis-mundus-subterraneus-1665)

ART

[Map: Kircher's Atlantis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/copies/CPY0DCP8H3SEHYN/map-kirchers-atlantis)

CPY

[Athanasius Kircher prints the earliest drawn map of Atlantis found in this review](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/events/EVT0DCPCV0QJX01/athanasius-kircher-prints-the-earliest-drawn-map-of-atlantis)

EVT

[The Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Kircher, A. (1665). Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus. Joannes Janssonius van Waesberge. https://archive.org/details/A149134MC
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[Read it free at archive.org](https://archive.org/details/A149134MC)

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Book

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public-domain

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28 Oct 2026

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Against the published original

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