 Father Pierre de Mesange], Tyssot de Patot introduced the concept of a Hollow Earth.This was the first time that the notion of a journey to the center of the Earth was depicted in a realistic, pseudo-scientific fashion, as opposed to the various mythological journeys to Hell, such as Dante Alighieri's "The Divine Comedy".Tyssot de Patot's book predates that of Danish writer Ludvig Holberg "Niels Klim's Underground Travels" (1741) and Jules Verne's classic "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1864).