Map of the Velino River Falls and the Aeolian Mountain at Cesi

This monochromatic print is a landscape map featuring a stylized, high-angle view of the Umbrian countryside. A river flows from a cliff-side waterfall (labeled 'Catadupa Velini') down into the 'Nar' river, passing near the towns of Terni and Narni. On the left, the town of Cesi is shown at the base of a mountain range labeled 'Mons Aeolus', with distinct wind patterns emanating from the slopes. The right side features a lake and the town of Piediluco. In the lower right corner, a decorative cartouche contains the map's title in Latin calligraphy.

This print is from Athanasius Kircher’s 'Mundus Subterraneus' (1665), an encyclopedic work that attempted to explain geological and terrestrial phenomena through a synthesis of natural philosophy, hydrology, and Hermetic speculation. It documents the real-world geological site of the Marmore Falls, which Kircher investigated as part of his fascination with the 'subterranean' mechanics of the Earth.