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Astronomical Images : The relationship between terrestrial and celestial circles: cosmography

Peter Apian

Astronomical Images

<p style='text-align: justify;'>This is the 1550 edition of Peter Apian's <i>Cosmographia</i>. Originally printed in 1524, the work provided a wide-ranging guide to the fields of astronomy, cartography, geography, navigation and instrument-making, here united under the overarching subject of cosmography. <i>Cosmographia</i> went through more than forty editions and included details of discoveries in the New World as well as paper instruments known as volvelles, which featured spinning circular parts.</p>

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