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Antique map, "Der Meeresstrudel Skylla und Charybdis bei Sizilien" For a 30% discount enter MAPS30 at chekout Skylla and Charybdis are two whirlpools in the Strait of Messina according to a legend that were first mentioned in the "Odyssey" by Homer. The saying "between Skylla and Charybdis" means being forced to choose between two equally difficult situations. This map was made after an early map by Athanasius Kircher in 1665

Maps, Italy, Sicily, Charybdis, Messina, Athanasius Kircher

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"Der Meeresstrudel Skylla und Charybdis bei Sizilien"

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Skylla and Charybdis are two whirlpools in the Strait of Messina according to a legend that were first mentioned in the "Odyssey" by Homer. The saying "between Skylla and Charybdis" means being forced to choose between two equally difficult situations.

This map was made after an early map by Athanasius Kircher in 1665,
This map was published ca 1900 and has unrelated text on the reverse side.

Original antique print  

Map image: 9 x 13 cm (3.5 x 5.1")

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sicisi A.
Myla Mare Thyrr enum
Syropho
Mare Afric
Os Can Ex maricos
Canalis fubterraneus in Charybdin,
Peioru
Promont
Meßand
Sciglas
Charybdis
Promont
Pachymum
harybdis
FRETUM MAMERTINUM
Region Rheggio
CASA BR
Tabula Freti Siculi,Charybdis et Scylle, aliorumque fuam rationes expli cans.
Der Meeresstrudel Skylla und Charybdis bei Sizilien Nach Athanasius Kircher (1665)

sicisi A.
Myla Mare Thyrr enum
Syrup
Great Africa
Os Can Ex maricos
An underground canal in Charybdis
Peioru
Promont
Meßand
Sciglas
Charybdis
Promont
Pachymus
harybdis
STRAIT OF MAMERTINUM
Region
Rheggio
BR HOUSE
Table explaining the accounts of the Straits of Sicily, Charybdis and Scyllus, and others.
The sea whirlpool Scylla and Charybdis near Sicily According to Athanasius Kircher (1665)

 

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