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.
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From Andreas Cellarius Harmonia Macrocosmica, 1660/61. Plate 2: SCENOGRAPHIA SYSTEMATIS MVNDANI PTOLEMAICI - Scenography of the Ptolemaic cosmography. Source: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-nk10241