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File:Cellarius ptolemaic system.jpg

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English: From Andreas Cellarius Harmonia Macrocosmica, 1660/61. Chart showing signs of the zodiac and the solar system with world at centre.

Plate 2: SCENOGRAPHIA SYSTEMATIS MVNDANI PTOLEMAICI - Scenography of the Ptolemaic cosmography.

  • Title: Scenographia systematis mvndani Ptolemaici [cartographic material].
  • Publisher: [Amsterdam : s.n., 1660]
  • Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 38 cm. in diam.
  • Notes: "444" in top right hand margin in pencil.

Rex Nan Kivell Collection Map NK 10241. Call Number: MAP NK 10241

Amicus Number: 9995246
Français : Extrait de l'Harmonia Macroscomica d'Andreas Cellarius, 1660/61. Figure montrant les signes du zodiaque et le système solaire avec la Terre en son centre, selon le système de Ptolémée.
Date 1660
Source http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-nk10241
Author Loon, J. van (Johannes), ca. 1611–1686.
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