Caspar Peucer
Caspar Peucer was a renowned 16th-century German scholar and physician who made significant contributions to the fields of astronomy and cartography. He is notably remembered for his belief that the Hekla Crater in Iceland could be one of the gates to hell, as illustrated in his writings about volcanic activity and its connections to the underworld.
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Caspar Peucer wrote in the 16th century that the gates of hell could be found in the Hekla Crater.
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