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Description: | C. Price / London / 1714.
Celestial table globe. It forms a pair with the terrestrial globe, Price GLB0154. Astronomical details on the sphere include a labelled magnitude table above Bootes. The Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds are labelled; there is also a label 'Stella Nova' in Cassiopeia and Cygnus. A total of 38 stars and five star groups are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and four of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. Four of the southern constellations are drawn as well as those of Plancius and all those of Hevelius. For full details about the cartography and construction of this globe please refer to the related publication.
caption: Globe x-ray
caption: Ursa Major with star Dubbe
caption: Sphere and stand | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Globes at Greenwich Celestial globe celestial globes Petrus Table globe X-ray Petrus Plancius | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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