Podpe? Cave, Slovenia
Date
1687
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p73
Material
Dimensions
height (paper): 120mm
width (paper): 150mm
width (paper): 150mm
Description
Drawing of Podpe? Cave, a subterranean cave in Slovenia. Its description and images by Johann Weikhard Valvasor were presented at the meeting of 14 December 1687 and printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 16, no. 191 (1687), pp. 411-27.
Transcription
at the top: der See. der grundis der grotta Podpetschio, No. 4.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 14 December 1687, ‘The First part of John Weichard Valvasor’s letter from Carniola was read, being an accurate description of the lake Zirknitz in that country, with an account of the several subterraneous passages and holes, at which the water enters into, and leaves the lake; as also the manner of fishing in those holes; with the titles and tenures of the several gentlemen having right to the fishery of the lake. The rest of the letter was referred till the next meeting' (Birch 4:557-58).
Printed as Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, 'A full and accurate description of the wonderful lake Zirknitz', Phil. Trans., vol. 16, no. 191 (1687), pp. 411-27, fig. 3.
Printed as Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, 'A full and accurate description of the wonderful lake Zirknitz', Phil. Trans., vol. 16, no. 191 (1687), pp. 411-27, fig. 3.
Related fellows
Freiherr von Johann Weikhard Valvasor (1641 - 1693, Austrian) , Historian
Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742, British) , Astronomer
Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742, British) , Astronomer
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