Celestial Models and Maps

Artistic representations of celestial bodies and systems with intricate designs, showcasing the history of astronomy and planetary science.

Ptolemaic View of the Universe, Celestial & Astrological Charts
Ptolemaic View of the Universe, Celestial & Astrological Charts
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Prints of the Brain and the Heart. Around 1735 Jan lAdmiral printed several remarkable anatomical prints in colour, among others on commission for the celebrated physician Frederik Ruysch. For his illustrations of the cerebral membrane (the skull of an unborn child) and a human heart he experimented with ever different colours, and made various versions of them. The objective was to provide medical practitioners with the most precise and realistic images possible.
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World map featuring evidence the unequal distribution of land and water on the surface of the globe, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.
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Optics, 19th century illustration
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ASTROLABIO DE IBRAHIM BEN SAID ASSAHLI - HACIA 1067. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Synoptic table for the weather forecast, late 19th century. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1889
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Solar eclipse of July 25, 1748, 1748 print Astronomical representation of how the incomplete solar eclipse of 25 July 1748 in Amsterdam and surrounding places will be perceptible and how it will cast a shadow in the northern hemisphere of the earth. With different stages of the eclipse. Stuck under the plate a text sheet with the title and a statement of the show in two columns by Simon Panser. print maker: Northern Netherlandsafter design by: EmdenEmdenpublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing solar eclipse
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Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LIII. Dated: c. 1575/1580. Dimensions: page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joris Hoefnagel.
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Alessandro Piccolomini (1508-1579). Italian astronomer and humanist. De le stelle fisse, edited in Venice, 1540. Engraving of 1559.
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Vintage Atlas Cover Illustration Page, showing the Highest Mountains, and major rivers of the world. by S. Augustus Mitchell, 1853
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Gemini - Astronomical chart showing the twins Castor and Pollux forming the constellation.
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The organs of the body and the zodiacal influences on them by Robert Fludd (1574-1637) an English Paracelsian physician with both scientific and occult interests. Dated 17th Century
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ASTRONOMY. Author: VAN LOON J. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.
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Diagram of the earth as a magnet, giving the author's idea of the dip of the compass at different latitudes. From William Gilbert; De Magnete, London, l600
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Map of isothermal lines or isothermals of winter,, vintage engraved illustration. Dictionary of words and things - Larive and Fleury - 1895.
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Movement and position of Jupiter, vintage engraving. Movement and position of Jupiter, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678563
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Illustration showing Gilbert's diagram to show that the centre of the magnetic forces in the Earth is the centre of the Earth. From William Gilbert DeMagnete, London, 1600
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England/UK: 'Capricornus', plate 25 in Urania's Mirror, a set of celestial cards accompanied by 'A Familiar Treatise on Astronomy', Sidney Hall and Richard Rouse, London, 1824
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ASTRONOMICUM CAESAREUM 1540. BOOK ASTRONOMY 16th CENTURY. Author: PEDRO APIANO (1495-1552). Location: UNIVERSIDAD BIBLIOTECA. SALAMANCA. SPAIN.
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The divine harmony of the microcosm and the macrososm according to the Hermetic and Cabalistic teaching. God is always at the apex of the triangle. From Robert Fludd 'Ultriusque cosmi... historia', Oppenheim, 1617-1619. Engraving
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ASTRONOMICUM CAESAREUM 1540. SPHERE OF EAST WESTERN MERIDIES AND SPENRIO. BOOK ASTRONOMY 16th CENTURY. Author: PEDRO APIANO (1495-1552). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Structure, geomorphology and origin of Lake Garda, a stage in the formation of a glacier. Drawing.
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Astronomy: a diagram of the Earth's passage around the Sun in a solar year. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.
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Triple moons and haloes astonished 17th century Scandinavians as much as they astonish us today. Date: 1555
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North America, west coast of Central America, Gulf of Fonseca. Relief shown by contours, shading and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings and isolines... Gulf of Fonseca. Gulf of Fonseca, Fonseca, Golfo de ,gulf
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Cholera epidemic, New York City, 1832. Map highlighting hubs of infection and its spread. From the book by David Meredeth Reese, A Plain and Practical Treatise on the Epidemic Cholera: As it Prev
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Constellation Card of Gemini
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The magnitude of the sun, the primary and secundary planets, and distances of the secundary planets from their primary ones ; deduced from the latest observations. 1786. Dunn, Samuel, d. 1794. text. Prints. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Atlases, British, Cosmography, Geography
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THE PALL MALL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION OF LONDON, 1880, 19th century engraving, USA, America
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1880 Perthes - Stieler Map of the Moon
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Central America, west coast of Nicaragua, San Juan del Sur. Relief shown by contours, shading and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings and isolines... San Juan del Sur. San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua , Rivas , San Juan del Sur
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Constellation Card of Virgo
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Astronomy: a star map of the night sky. Engraving, 1786.
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Pisces (Dei Pesci). Engraving depicting the structure of the constellation, 1559. Dele Stelle Fisse by Italian humanist Alessandro Piccolomini (1508-1579). Edited in Venice, 1540.
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Diagram of continental drift from an article by Alfred Wegener (1880-1930)on his theory of Continental Drift (Wegener Hypothesis: 1915) published in Discovery, London, 1922Engraving.
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Revision of the Echini, Cambridge, Mass, University Press, 1872-1874, classification, Echinodermata, sea urchins, Museum of Comparative Zoology, The map illustrates the distribution of various oceanic current systems across the globe. Color-coded regions highlight areas influenced by specific currents, indicating the flow patterns of water. Major currents such as the Gulf Stream and the Kuroshio are prominently featured, showcasing how they connect different parts of the oceans. The depiction of these currents is essential for understanding climate patterns, marine navigation, and ecological zones. Lines and curves throughout the map suggest the direction and strength of the currents, emphasizing their significance in global oceanography.
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Map, occurrence of mammals I, historic image, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon encyclopedia, 1897
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Antique printed diagram showing celestial Earth-centered system according to Ticho-Brahe
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Learning Poster Space Flight, Middle School #3, Lost Place, Prypyat, Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Apparent market planets Venus, Mars and Jupiter during February March, April and May 1857, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857.
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Celestial globe after 1621 Willem Jansz Blaeu Amsterdam's printers and engravers contributed materially to the brilliance of Dutch achievement in the seventeenth century. One of the most prominent among them was the cartographer and globe publisher Willem Jansz Blaeu. Blaeu, born Willem Jansz, or Janszoon, in Alkmaar, opened a shop in Amsterdam about 1598, after having studied briefly with the great Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601). Blaeu's first celestial globe appeared almost immediately. The stars on it were based on Brahe's star catalogue, but the prototypes for the beautifully engraved constellation figures have never been identified. The globe was soon superseded, however, by one published by Blaeu's chief competitor, Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), showing the newly discovered constellations of the southern hemisphere. In 1603 Blaeu issued a corrected edition of his celestial globe, which he sold with his terrestrial globe of 1599. The globes, consisting of engraved paper
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Map of the continents and seas in the Upper Carboniferous era. Atlantis, North America, Asia, European Peninsula, Gondwanaland. Colour print after an illustration from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer, Leipzig, 1932.
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England/UK: 'Lynx and Telescopium Herschilii', plate 8 in Urania's Mirror, a set of celestial cards accompanied by 'A Familiar Treatise on Astronomy', Sidney Hall and Richard Rouse, London, 1824
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Map - Carte générale de la terre ou mappe monde avec les quatres principaux sistemes corrigée et augmentée d'après les nouvelles observations de Mrs. de l'accademies R'le des Sciences.
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England/UK: 'Ursa Major', plate 9 in Urania's Mirror, a set of celestial cards accompanied by 'A Familiar Treatise on Astronomy', Sidney Hall and Richard Rouse, London, 1824
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RAMON Y CAJAL, SANTIAGO. SPANISH DOCTOR (1852-1934) "HISTOLOGICAL DIAGRAM OF THE CENTRAL SMELL SYSTEM" PAINTED BY R. PADRO AFTER AN ORIGINAL BY RAMON Y CAJAL. FACULTY OF MEDICINE. MADRID MEDICINE.
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Portrait of Sir Edmund Halley on a commemorative plate to mark the return of Halley's Comet 185-86
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Apollo Command Module Arrangement
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GERMANY - 1973: shows astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus 1473-1543 and Solar System, issued for the 500th birth anniversary of Copernicus GERMANY - CIRCA 1973: A stamp printed in Germany shows astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus 1473-1543 and Solar System, issued for the 500th birth anniversary of Copernicus, circa 1973 Copyright: xZoonar.com/OlgaxPopovax 4730177
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French postage stamp celebrating Irene Joliot-Curie and Frederic Joliot-Curie. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of artificial radioactivity.