The ‘subterranean’ volcanic system acording to Kircher

An early scientific illustration, depicting channels under the Earth, linking the volcanoes erupting on the surface. The plate is made even more decorative by the clouds and wind-heads in the borders. The plate was published in the 'Mundus Suberraeneus' by Athanasius Kircher (1602-80), a Jesuit scholar who was one of the first compilers of knowledge of the physical features of the world.