File:Cellarius ptolemaic system c2.jpg

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Description	English: From Andreas Cellarius Harmonia Macrocosmica, 1660/61. Chart showing signs of the zodiac and the solar system with world at centre. Plate 2: SCENOGRAPHIA SYSTEMATIS MVNDANI PTOLEMAICI - Scenography of the Ptolemaic cosmography. Title: Scenographia systematis mvndani Ptolemaici [cartographic material]. Publisher: [Amsterdam : s.n., 1660] Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 38 cm. in diam. Notes: "444" in top right hand margin in pencil. Rex Nan Kivell Collection Map NK 10241. Call Number: MAP NK 10241 Amicus Number: 9995246 Français : Extrait de l'Harmonia Macroscomica d'Andreas Cellarius, 1660/61. Figure montrant les signes du zodiaque et le système solaire avec la Terre en son centre, selon le système de Ptolémée.
Date	1660
Source	http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-nk10241 (modified by Leinad-Z)
Author	Loon, J. van (Johannes), ca. 1611-1686.

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