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Title

  • Introduction a la géographie: carte des diverses positions de la sphere, des systhèmes de l'Univers, des planettes, des eclypses &.

Other Title

  • Carte des diverses positions de la sphere, des systhèmes de l'Univers, des planettes, des eclypses &

Names

  • Delafosse, Jean-Baptiste, 1721-1806.
  • Delamarche, Charles François, 1740-1817.
  • Robert de Vaugondy, Didier (1726-1786).

Created / Published

  • Paris : [C.F. Delamarche], [approximately 1791]

Headings

  • -  Ptolemy,--active 2nd century
  • -  Copernicus, Nicolaus,--1473-1543
  • -  Brahe, Tycho,--1546-1601
  • -  Descartes, René,--1596-1650
  • -  Armillary spheres--Early works to 1800
  • -  Celestial sphere--Early works to 1800
  • -  Spherical astronomy
  • -  Universe

Genre

  • Armillary spheres

Notes

  • -  Appears in Didier Robert de Vaugondy's Atlas d'étude, pour l'instruction de la jeunesse, composé de trente-cinq cartes. A Paris : Chez C.F. Delamarche, Géographe, rue du Foin S. Jacques, au Collège de Me. Gervais, 1797.
  • -  Includes "Sphere Armillaire oblique," "Globe celeste", "Globe terrestre", and diagrams of systems by Ptolemy, Copernicus, Tycho Brahe and Descartes; diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses and 12 illustrations of planets, etc., and descriptive texts.
  • -  Includes text and illustrations.
  • -  LC copy stamped twice in blue ink in lower left margin: 56.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Margins trimmed. Missing partial border on left edge, mounted on cloth.

Medium

  • 1 chart ; 39 x 67 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3190 1791 .D4

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2013593150

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Delafosse, Jean-Baptiste, Charles François Delamarche, and Didier Robert De Vaugondy. Introduction a la géographie: carte des diverses positions de la sphere, des systhèmes de l'Univers, des planettes, des eclypses. [Paris: C.F. Delamarche, approximately, 1791] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593150/.

APA citation style:

Delafosse, J., Delamarche, C. F. & Robert De Vaugondy, D. (1791) Introduction a la géographie: carte des diverses positions de la sphere, des systhèmes de l'Univers, des planettes, des eclypses. [Paris: C.F. Delamarche, approximately] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593150/.

MLA citation style:

Delafosse, Jean-Baptiste, Charles François Delamarche, and Didier Robert De Vaugondy. Introduction a la géographie: carte des diverses positions de la sphere, des systhèmes de l'Univers, des planettes, des eclypses. [Paris: C.F. Delamarche, approximately, 1791] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013593150/>.