Basis geographiæ recentioris astronomica : in qua situs locorum insigniorum geographici ea exactitudine, qua celeberrimi astronomi eosdem per observationes è plurimis luminarium et circumjovialium eclipsibus nobis hactenus suppeditarunt pro certiori geographiæ stabilimento positi designantur / a Iohanne Gabriele Doppelmaiero ... opera Ioh. Bapt. Homanni ...

Author
Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel, 1677-1750 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
Norimbergæ : [Johann Baptist Homann], [approximately 1724]
Description
  • Scale not given. (W 180°00ʹ00ʺ--E 180°00ʹ00ʺ/N 90°00ʹ00ʺ--S 90°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map: hand col. ; 2 hemispheres each 26 cm. in diam., on sheet 48 x 58 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Donor
McCabe, Robert A., 1934- [Browse]
Related name
Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724 [Browse]
Library of Congress genre(s)
Getty AAT genre
Notes
  • Date of publication from Tooley.
  • Double hemispherical world map showing the ecliptic, with charts of astronomical observations.
Source acquisition
Historic Maps copy is gift of Robert A. McCabe, Princeton Class of 1956.
References
Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers vol. 4, p. 381
Other title(s)
Basis geographiae recentioris astronica
OCLC
60357812
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