Description: Universum16_35 1854 Meyer print MAMMOTH CAVE, KENTUCKY, #35 Nice print titled Die Mammuths-Höhle (Mammoth-Cave) in Kentucky, from steel engraving with fine detail and clear impression, approx. page size is 27 x 18 cm, approx. image size 15.5 x 10.5 cm. Print was published in Germany in Meyer's Universum by Bibliographic Institute Hildburghausen. Mammoth Cave National Park, park containing an extensive system of limestone caverns, in west-central Kentucky, U.S. The park, authorized in 1926 but only fully established in 1941, occupies a surface area of 82 square miles (212 square km). In 1972 a passage was discovered linking the Mammoth Cave and the Flint Ridge Cave System; the explored underground passages of the multilevel system have a combined length of some 329 miles (530 km). The caves were formed by the dissolution of limestone by water, a continuing process, and their natural temperature is 54 F (12 C). They contain numerous unique geologic formations--to which descriptive names, such as Pillars of Hercules, have been given--and underground lakes and rivers. To the caves' natural entrance have been added three artificial ones, and five scenic routes through the caverns have been laid out for visitors. The caves are inhabited by various animals that have undergone evolutionary adaptation to the dark environment, including cave crickets, blindfish, and blind crayfish. Also found within the caves are fungi or related species; the park's aboveground area is mostly covered with hardwood forest. Mummified Indian bodies, possibly of pre-Columbian origin, have been found in the caves.
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Size Type/Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 14'')
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Type: Print
Year of Production: 1854
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Style: Realism
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