Caption
Historical sky map known as Scenographia Systematis Mundani Ptolemaic. It is a representation of Claudius Ptolemy's geocentric view of the world, in which the earth is at the center of the universe. The map is from the Harmonia Macrocosmica sky atlas by Andreas Cellarius, which was first published in 1660/1661. It shows the Earth as an immovable center, surrounded by the orbits of the Moon, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, followed by a sphere of fixed stars, zodiac signs, digitally restored reproduction from a 17th century original, authentic, exact date of presentation unknown
Date
Jan 29, 2026
Credit line
Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste
Reference
BRK26B07_430
Model release
No
Property release
No
License type
Royalty free
Available size
460,8Mb (38,9Mb) / 45,7in x 39,2in / 13701 x 11756 (300dpi)