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The Representation of the World
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Antonio Santucci's Armillary Sphere

Antonio Santucci's Armillary Sphere

Reader in Mathematics at the University of Pisa, 1599-1612, Antonio Santucci was an astronomer and cosmographer to Grand Duke Ferdinand I (1549-1609) and ...

(3 objects)

Models of the Heavens

Models of the Heavens

Since antiquity, astronomers have studied the movement of the stars, striving to reproduce the appearance of the heavens by means of suitable models. One ...

(8 objects)


Terrestrial and Celestial Globes

Terrestrial and Celestial Globes

The humanists' interest in Ptolemy's Geography and the discovery of the New World favoured the rapid development of modern cartography thanks to the large ...

(24 objects)

The world map of Fra' Mauro

The world map of Fra' Mauro

Fra' Mauro, a Camaldolese monk, was active in Venice toward the mid-fifteenth century. His world map depicts the image of the Earth prevailing before the ...

(1 objects)


Vincenzo Coronelli’s Globes

Vincenzo Coronelli’s Globes

Six globes made by the Venetian cosmographer Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718), famous for the great size of his creations, such as the globes nearly ...

(7 objects)