Noua orbis terrarum delineatio singulari ratione accommodata meridiano tabb. Rudolphi astronomicarum

Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Johannes Kepler's Tabvlae Rudolphinae. Ulm: Johannes Saur, 1627-30. Prime meridian based on the astronomer Tycho Brahe's observatory in Denmark. Map drawn in three parts (left to right): 1 half-hemisphere (15 cm. radius), 1 hemisphere (29 cm. in diameter), and 1 half-hemisphere (15 cm. radius). Shirley, Rodney W. Mapping of the world. 1983, p. 358-9 Bricker, Charles. Landmarks of mapmaking. 1977, p. 252-3 Includes note and ill. of double eagle. Included in map folder: Folder (24 x 31 cm.) containing 7 photocopies from printed references and 1 letter of correspondence all describing this map. Also included is a section of the original map folder with a manuscript note regarding the date of publication and representation in Kepler's atlas. Mounted on cloth. Pin holes in cloth tape in all corners.

Date

1630

Mapmaker / publisher

Eckebrecht, Philipp; Walch, J. P. (Johann Philipp); Kepler, Johannes

Archive

Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)

Type

map

Original size

8,491 × 5,052 pixels

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