EditorialThe saltmines of Wieliczka near Cracow produced roughly one third of the Polish kings' income. With its enormous machinery made of huge timbers, the mine was an early tourist attraction-even poet Goethe went down the shafts. The cathedral-like main hall.
EditorialMap of Wieliczka, in Southern Poland. Hae admirandae Salinarum Fodinae (Wielicenses), a tot annorum centuriis, Tellure contectae, nunc ... his in tabellis lucem aspexere. A.D. 1645. M. German mensuravit. G. Hondius sculpsit et delineavit. Gedani, 1645....
EditorialThe saltmines of Wieliczka near Cracow produced roughly one third of the Polish kings' income. With its enormous machinery made of huge timbers, the mine was an early tourist attraction-even poet Goethe went down the shafts. The cathedral-like main hall.