Astronomical Chart
Astronomical Chart
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- Description
- “CENOGRAPHIA COMPAGIS MUNDANAE BRAHE” represents the construction of the universe according to Tycho Brahe. It is image #7 from the Harmonia Macrocosmica created by Andreas Cellarius (1596-1665), a cartographer and cosmographer in the Netherlands. The “PETRUM SCHENCK et GERARDUM VALK” inscription indicates that it is from the republished edition of 1708, and not the original edition of 1660.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Measurements
- overall: 25 1/2 in x 27 3/4 in x 7/8 in; 64.77 cm x 70.485 cm x 2.2225 cm
- ID Number
- PH.317515
- catalog number
- 317515
- accession number
- 230391
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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