Sujet
Ptolemic System, 1660-1661. Artist: Andreas Cellarius
Légende
Ptolemic System, 1660-1661. The Ptolemaic or geocentric model has the Earth at the centre of the Universe with all the other bodies, including the Sun, orbiting around it. From the 16th century it was superseded by the heliocentric models proposed by Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo. From The Celestial Atlas, or The Harmony of the Universe (Atlas coelestis seu harmonia macrocosmica) by Andreas Cellarius, published by Johannes Janssonius, (Amsterdam 1660-1661).
Historica Graphica Collection
Date
1816
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection
Notre référence
HRM19D59_118
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,2Mo (5,2Mo) / 38,5cm x 32,6cm / 4552 x 3855 (300dpi)