In 1587 which German printer immortalized the unusual event of a tornado over the city of Augsburg on a pamphlet and thus brought out the oldest known depiction of this violent weather phenomena?

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In 1587 which German printer immortalized the unusual event of a tornado over the city of Augsburg on a pamphlet and thus brought out the oldest known depiction of this violent weather phenomena?

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Last updated Jul 03 2021.
Originally posted Jul 02 2021 3:08 PM.

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The name of the 1587 picture's creator is hard to find, with a reference to Wegener's book Die Wissenschaft in 1917. However earlier drawings have been found by Willem de Pannemaker based on cartoons by Jan Vermeyen in 1546-50

https://www.google.com/amp/s/listoffigures.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/tornado/amp/

https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/100/4/bams-d-17-0316.1.xml

Jul 02 2021, 3:21 PM

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Hans Schultes dem Jungeren

http://www.sturmjäger.de/tromben_deutschland.htm

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/1587

Jul 03 2021, 5:21 AM