Map of the Route to Mummelsee and Wildsee

The image is an engraved topographic landscape showing a series of rolling hills and valleys covered with sparse, stylized trees. A winding path cuts through the center of the terrain, originating from a small, dense cluster of buildings representing Kappelrodeck in the lower right and stretching toward the two lakes located at the high points in the upper left. The style is cartographic and illustrative, using dense hatching to indicate elevation and shadows across the undulating landscape.

This print appears in Athanasius Kircher's 'Mundus Subterraneus' (1678), a major work of early modern natural philosophy that explored subterranean geography, volcanoes, and the hidden mechanisms of the earth. Kircher often documented specific geographical features to support his theories about the earth's internal water systems and volcanic activity.