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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.
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    Source National Library of Australia: nla.map-nk10241
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    Jan van Loon (–1686)  wikidata:Q31830836
     
    Alternative names
    Johannes Van Loon; Johannes van Loon; J. van Loon
    Description Dutch cartographer, instrument maker, print publisher, copper engraver and printmaker
    Date of birth/death 1611 / circa  Edit this at Wikidata 1686 Edit this at Wikidata
    Location of birth/death Leeuwarden Edit this at Wikidata Leeuwarden Edit this at Wikidata
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    Amsterdam (1632–1680); Leeuwarden (1680–1686) Edit this at Wikidata
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    Ptolemy's map of the Earth and the area around it, proposing that the Earth is the center of the universe

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