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Description: | Celestial Planisphere. This intricate chart shows the southern celestial hemisphere as known in 1690. Its pair, G200:2/6, shows the northern celestial hemisphere. They were produced in 1690 by mathematician Joseph Harris and publisher John Senex. Both include careful description of the construction of the charts and a series of examples and problems for how to use them. The chart of the southern sky includes observations made by Edmond Halley from the island of St Helena in 1676-8 and published in 1686. His work was part of an ongoing project to map the stars accurately that had also led to the founding of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich in 1675.
Engraved and Sold by I Senex at the Globe over against St Dunstans Church in Fleet Street
This record was added as part of the 2009-2010 pre 1900 charts transcription project.
caption: STELLARUM FIXARUM The Southern Hemisphere Projected on the plane of the Aequator and those Observ'd by Dr Edm Halley at the Is of St Helena HEMISPHAERIUM AUSTRALE in which all the Stars in the BRITANNICK CATALOGUE ... for the YEAR 1690 By Joseph Harris... G200:3/3
caption: Harris, Hemisph Australe | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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