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Ptolemaic Cosmology

author: S.Beaucourt/Novapix

reference: a-sys01-70101

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 20 cm

The planisphere of Ptolemy, or the mechanism of the heavenly orbits following the hypothesis of Ptolemy laid out in a planar view. Plate of the Harmonia Macrocosmica of Andreas Cellarius, 1660-1661.

Keywords for this photo:

17TH CENTURY - ASTRONOMY - CELESTIAL ATLAS - CELLARIUS - CELLARIUS ANDREAS - COSMOLOGY - EARTH - GEOCENTRIC MODEL - HARMONIA MACROCOSMICA - ORBIT - PLANET - PLANISPHERE - PTOLEMY - SOLAR SYSTEM - STAR - ZODIAC -