Sizilien

The island is depicted with its rugged coastline and interior settlements, labeled with their Latin and regional names. Mount Etna is prominently shown on the eastern coast with a thick plume of smoke rising from its crater, while two sailing vessels and a navigational instrument appear in the surrounding Mediterranean waters.

Created by the Jesuit polymath Athanasius Kircher, this map illustrates his theories on 'pyrophylacia' (fire-castles) or the Earth's internal fire systems. Kircher viewed Sicily’s volcanic activity as empirical evidence for his model of a living Earth interconnected by subterranean channels of fire and water.