Post by MCDemuth on Jan 23, 2018 23:39:25 GMT
Are there any ancient maps that you have seen, even if they may be outdated/inaccurate, which you think still look very interesting?
Here's One That I Like:
The Earth and its celestial circles. This artwork is from the 1708 edition of the star atlas Harmonica Macrocosmica, by the Dutch-German mathematician and cosmographer Andreas Cellarius (1596-1665). The two major planes shown here are the horizon (pink) and the zodiac (illustrated with zodiacal symbols). The globe is centred on the north coast of Australia (mapped in 1644). Cherubs and muses adorn the artwork's border. Harmonica Macrocosmica was first published in 1660. There were originally 30 colour plates with Latin text. This edition was published in Amsterdam by Petrus Schenk (1660-1711) and Gerard Valk (1652-1726).
"Harmonia Macrocosmica" by Andreas Cellarius (1708)
First printed in 1660, Cellarius's Harmonia Macrocosmica is perhaps the most beautiful stellar atlas ever published. Produced as a continuation of Gerard Mercator's plan for a universal cartography, encompassing all of creation, the atlas contains 29 hand-colored, double-folio plates depicting the cosmologies of Aratus, Brahe, Copernicus and Ptolemy, the constellations of the northern and southern hemispheres, the orbital paths of heavenly bodies, and other celestial phenomena.
Trivia...
If this map looks familiar too you, that may be, because you may have seen it in a couple of TV Shows...
- A version of this map, was featured in several episodes of the TV Show: "Bewitched" (1964-1972) and hung as Artwork Decoration in the hallways of Darren Stephens' advertising agency, "McMann and Tate".
- A version of this map, was also featured as one of the maps seen in the title sequence for the TV Show: "Star Trek: Enterprise" (2001-2005)
Here's One That I Like:
Earth's Celestial Circles (1708)
fineartamerica.com/featured/earths-celestial-circles-1708-artwork-royal-astronomical-society.html
"Situs Terrae Circulis Coelestibus Cirvundatae (Plate 11)"
(Location of the Earth Encircled by the Celestial Circles)
fineartamerica.com/featured/earths-celestial-circles-1708-artwork-royal-astronomical-society.html
"Situs Terrae Circulis Coelestibus Cirvundatae (Plate 11)"
(Location of the Earth Encircled by the Celestial Circles)
The Earth and its celestial circles. This artwork is from the 1708 edition of the star atlas Harmonica Macrocosmica, by the Dutch-German mathematician and cosmographer Andreas Cellarius (1596-1665). The two major planes shown here are the horizon (pink) and the zodiac (illustrated with zodiacal symbols). The globe is centred on the north coast of Australia (mapped in 1644). Cherubs and muses adorn the artwork's border. Harmonica Macrocosmica was first published in 1660. There were originally 30 colour plates with Latin text. This edition was published in Amsterdam by Petrus Schenk (1660-1711) and Gerard Valk (1652-1726).
"Harmonia Macrocosmica" by Andreas Cellarius (1708)
First printed in 1660, Cellarius's Harmonia Macrocosmica is perhaps the most beautiful stellar atlas ever published. Produced as a continuation of Gerard Mercator's plan for a universal cartography, encompassing all of creation, the atlas contains 29 hand-colored, double-folio plates depicting the cosmologies of Aratus, Brahe, Copernicus and Ptolemy, the constellations of the northern and southern hemispheres, the orbital paths of heavenly bodies, and other celestial phenomena.
Trivia...
If this map looks familiar too you, that may be, because you may have seen it in a couple of TV Shows...
- A version of this map, was featured in several episodes of the TV Show: "Bewitched" (1964-1972) and hung as Artwork Decoration in the hallways of Darren Stephens' advertising agency, "McMann and Tate".
- A version of this map, was also featured as one of the maps seen in the title sequence for the TV Show: "Star Trek: Enterprise" (2001-2005)
