Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Celestial Globe, 1602, Maps G.9b
Resource type
3D image
Date published
March 25, 2020
Abstract
*Habes hic, Astrophile, stellarum inerrantium ex certissis D. Tych: Brahe (mei quÅ dam praeceptoris) observationis, numero & dispositione prae aliis, Ä no 1602 accommodatarum Sphoeram accuratissime expolitam: * Amsterdam: Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1602. 1 globe: hand coloured, 23 cm. in diameter. This globe was first produced in 1602. It shows a nova in the constellation of Cygnus which Blaeu had personally observed in 1600. The globe forms a pair with the terrestrial globe at Maps G.9.a. This model was created for a 2020 British Library project to digitise globes from its historic map collection. For enquiries regarding further re-use of this model please contact licensing@bl.uk BL catalogue record: https://catalogue.bl.uk/permalink/44BL_MAIN/bbcktk/alma990048175150109251
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British Library
Publisher
British Library
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