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68 cm Latin celestial globe - 1 : 20 000 000

 
General description
Celestial globe from 17th century. Printed from copper plate and painted by hands.
Date
1630
Publisher
Blaeu, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Place of publication
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Author
Willem Janszon Blaeu
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Virtual instance's origin
Globe on a contemporary frame
Hungarian National Széchényi Library, Reguly Antal Monument Library (Cistercian Abbey, Zirc)
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Restorated by Tóth Zsuzsanna
Other known occurences
Hungarian National Széchényi Library, Reguly Antal Monument Library (Cistercian Abbey, Zirc)
Title field
„Coeli formam, syderumq. in eo positum, quanta fieri potuit | diligentia, hic expressimus: in quorum locis consignandis | secuti sumus abacos viri celeberrimi et vere nobilis Tychonis | Brahe nostri quondam praeceptoris, cui ob indefessum laborem | summamq. industriam non hoc seculum solum, sed omnes quot | quot tot retro seculus sydera ad normam expandere ausi fuere, hac | in parte palmam non inviti concedant. Ad quem numerum ex nos | tris observationibus haud poenitendus cumulus insuper accessit. | Circa antarctitum vero et occultum nobis polum plus quam 300. | Stellas adjecimus. Harum autem distantias a fixis istis (quarum loca | Tycho jam certo consignaverat) Fredericus Houtmannus nostro |ductu dimensus, in novos asterismos digessit, quorum omnium | loca ad epocham anni 1640. hic reduximus. | Guiljelmus Blaeuw ”.
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Photos by: Zoltán Nemes
Georeferencing and compiling the virtual globe: Mátyás Gede
Literature
vgm.elte.hu/blaeu
 
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