Illustrations of bird species, from Arca Noe, (building the ark), by Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680). Published Amsterdam 1675. Athanasius Kircher, a Jesuit, was a polymath and Jesuit. The Arca Noë was based on strict Catholic orthodoxy. In it, he describes the condition

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Illustrations of bird species, from Arca Noe, (building the ark), by Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680). Published Amsterdam 1675. Athanasius Kircher, a Jesuit, was a polymath and Jesuit. The Arca Noë was based on strict Catholic orthodoxy. In it, he describes the condition

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