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Hemelkaart met de noordelijke sterrenbeelden, anonymous, 1721 - 1728

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Hemelkaart met de noordelijke sterrenbeelden, anonymous, 1721 - 1728

engraving, h 668mm × w 668mm More details

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Identification

Title(s)

Hemelkaart met de noordelijke sterrenbeelden
Stellarum fixarum hemisphaerium boreale (title on object)

Object type

Object number

RP-P-AO-29-3

Description

Hemelkaart van de noordelijke sterrenbeelden. De positie van de sterren is gebaseerd op de sterrencatalogus van Halley (in feite overgenomen van Flamsteed). De kaart is voorzien van een rooster en gradenverdelingen. In de hoeken van de kaart uitleg van de astronomie.

Creation

Artist

print maker: anonymous
publisher: John Senex

Place

London

Dating

1721 - 1728

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 668 mm × width 668 mm

Explanatory note

Prent ook gebruikt in: Atlas maritimus & commercialis; or, a general view of the world, so far as relates to trade and navigation (...). Londen: James Knapton, 1728.

Subject

What

zodiac; the twelve zodiacal signs together
star-chart, star map

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1887

Copyright

Public domain

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.702528