COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
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MUST~2~2
Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
4687820500626
identifier
4687820500626
Barcode
false
Title:
Situs terrae circulis coelestibus circundatae
title
Situs terrae circulis coelestibus circundatae
Title
false
Original Title:
Sitvs terrae circvlis coelestibvs circvndatae
full_title
Sitvs terrae circvlis coelestibvs circvndatae
Original Title
false
Contributor:
Valck, G. (Gerard), 1651 or 1652-1726
contributor
Valck, G. (Gerard), 1651 or 1652-1726
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Schenk, Peter, 1660-1718 or 1719
contributor
Schenk, Peter, 1660-1718 or 1719
Contributor
false
Category:
Thematic Maps
category
Thematic Maps
Category
false
Type:
Printed
type
Printed
Type
false
Language:
Latin
language
Latin
Language
false
Create Year:
1708?
date
1708?
Create Year
false
Format:
JPEG, 5834 × 5000, 13.8MB
format
JPEG, 5834 × 5000, 13.8MB
Format
false
Scale:
Scale not given
scale
Scale not given
Scale
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Note:
All maps engraved and hand-colored. Maps depict planispheres according to Ptolemy, Copernicus and Tycho Brahe; moon phases, constellations according to pagans and Christians, etc. Chart showing signs of the zodiac and the solar system with world at centre. Chart may be attributed to Andreas Cellarius. One of 29 double-folio plates digitized from Andreas Cellarius' Harmonia Macrocosmica. The second edition was published in 1661 and is a celestial atlas of the Ptolomaic, Copernican, and Tychonic world systems.
note
All maps engraved and hand-colored. Maps depict planispheres according to Ptolemy, Copernicus and Tycho Brahe; moon phases, constellations according to pagans and Christians, etc. Chart showing signs of the zodiac and the solar system with world at centre. Chart may be attributed to Andreas Cellarius. One of 29 double-folio plates digitized from Andreas Cellarius' Harmonia Macrocosmica. The second edition was published in 1661 and is a celestial atlas of the Ptolomaic, Copernican, and Tychonic world systems.
Note
false
Note:
This is an early old map depicted the world.
note
This is an early old map depicted the world.
Note
false
Subject:
Planispheres
subject
Planispheres
Subject
false
Subject:
Constellations
subject
Constellations
Subject
false
Subject:
Astronomy
subject
Astronomy
Subject
false
Subject:
Astrology
subject
Astrology
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
World
geographic_area
World
Geographic Area
false
Pub Title:
Harmonia macrocosmica, seu, Atlas universalis et novus : totius universi creati cosmographiam generalem et novam exhibens : in quâ omnium totius mundi orbium harmonica constructio, secundum diversas diversorum authorum opiniones, ut & Vranometria, seu totus orbis cœlestis, ac planetarum theoriæ, & terrestris globus, tam planis & scenographicis iconibus, quam descriptionibus novis ab oculos ponuntur : opus novum, antehac nunquam visum, cujuscunque conditionis hominibus utilissimum, jucundissimum, maxime necessarium, & adornatum
pub_title
Harmonia macrocosmica, seu, Atlas universalis et novus : totius universi creati cosmographiam generalem et novam exhibens : in quâ omnium totius mundi orbium harmonica constructio, secundum diversas diversorum authorum opiniones, ut & Vranometria, seu totus orbis cœlestis, ac planetarum theoriæ, & terrestris globus, tam planis & scenographicis iconibus, quam descriptionibus novis ab oculos ponuntur : opus novum, antehac nunquam visum, cujuscunque conditionis hominibus utilissimum, jucundissimum, maxime necessarium, & adornatum
Pub Title
false
Pub Author:
Cellarius, Andreas
pub_author
Cellarius, Andreas
Pub Author
false
Pub Year:
1708
pub_year
1708
Pub Year
false
Pub location:
Amsterdam
pub_location
Amsterdam
Pub location
false
Provenance:
Houghton Library - Harvard College Library
source
Houghton Library - Harvard College Library
Provenance
false