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Ptolemic System, 1660-1661. Artist: Andreas Cellarius

Ptolemic System, 1660-1661. Artist: Andreas Cellarius

1-632-881 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

Ptolemic System, 1660-1661. The Ptolemaic or geocentric model has the Earth at the centre of the Universe with all the other bodies, including the Sun, orbiting around it. From the 16th century it was superseded by the heliocentric models proposed by Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo. From The Celestial Atlas, or The Harmony of the Universe (Atlas coelestis seu harmonia macrocosmica) by Andreas Cellarius, published by Johannes Janssonius, (Amsterdam 1660-1661).

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People Information

Creator
  1. Andreas Cellarius, attributed to: Dutch-German: Mathematician, cosmographer
People Related
  1. Claudius Ptolemy: Greek: Astronomer, geographer, cartographer, mathematician
Medium
  1. Engraving
Picture Type
  1. Map
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Netherlands

  1. 52 30 00 N , 005 45 00 E

World Europe Greece

  1. 39 00 00 N , 022 00 00 E
Category Hierarchy

Artistic Representations Maps

Science & Nature Astronomy

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4552x3855
File Size : 51,411kb

Aliases

  1. 129835
  1. 0600000520
  1. 1-632-881
  1. 129835
  1. 1632881
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