Caption
Orbium Planetarum Terram Complectentium Scenographia by Andreas Cellarius, a famous sky map that was first published in 1660 in his atlas Harmonia Macrocosmica. Geocentric world view, the map shows a three-dimensional projection of the Ptolemaic system, in which the Earth is at the center of the universe. The sun, the moon and the then known planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn orbit the earth on complex orbits within a zodiac and equinox sphere, digitally restored reproduction from a 17th century model, authentic, exact date of presentation unknown
Date
1660
Credit line
Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste
Reference
BRK26B12_029
Model release
No
Property release
No
License type
Royalty free
Available size
441,4Mb (34,7Mb) / 44,4in x 38,6in / 13313 x 11589 (300dpi)