Flying bridge and the Great wall of China
Date
1667
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
width (paper): 200mm
height (paper): 320mm
height (paper): 320mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Two landscapes views of China from issue 26 of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Fig 1. Landscape view of the Pons Volans (flying bridge), over the Huang He, here styled Saffrany River (yellow river), China. Showing a single arch bridge between two mountains with a river flowing beneath.
Fig 2. Architectural study of the Great Wall of China, here styled China-Wall. Showing a fortified tower, two guards, elephant and a dog. A river runs under the wall through a gated arch.
Inscribed ‘Trans: N.26. Fig. I. A Bridge in China. Fig. II. China-Wall’.
Illustrations to Account of Athanasii Kircheri CHINA ILLUSTRATA published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 1, issue 26 (3 June 1667) pp.484-488. Extract from Kircher’s 6 volume folio China illustrata (1667).
Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680) German scholar and polymath.
Fig 1. Landscape view of the Pons Volans (flying bridge), over the Huang He, here styled Saffrany River (yellow river), China. Showing a single arch bridge between two mountains with a river flowing beneath.
Fig 2. Architectural study of the Great Wall of China, here styled China-Wall. Showing a fortified tower, two guards, elephant and a dog. A river runs under the wall through a gated arch.
Inscribed ‘Trans: N.26. Fig. I. A Bridge in China. Fig. II. China-Wall’.
Illustrations to Account of Athanasii Kircheri CHINA ILLUSTRATA published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 1, issue 26 (3 June 1667) pp.484-488. Extract from Kircher’s 6 volume folio China illustrata (1667).
Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680) German scholar and polymath.
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