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Map Door dit hemels pleyn wert vertoondt den gehelen loop des hemels der vaste sterren met haer beeltenisse Sterre kaert of hemels pleyn, waer door men kan wete hoe laet dat het is over de gehele aertkloot, op alle meridiane en polus hoogte, en, op wat lengte en brete de voorsz sterre staen, bezuyde en benoorde de liniae aequinoctiael

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Title

  • Door dit hemels pleyn wert vertoondt den gehelen loop des hemels der vaste sterren met haer beeltenisse

Other Title

  • Sterre kaert of hemels pleyn, waer door men kan wete hoe laet dat het is over de gehele aertkloot, op alle meridiane en polus hoogte, en, op wat lengte en brete de voorsz sterre staen, bezuyde en benoorde de liniae aequinoctiael

Names

  • Backer, Remmet Teunisse.
  • Elwe, Jan Barend.

Created / Published

  • Te Amsterdam : By I.B. Elwe, [1792]

Headings

  • -  Astronomy--Charts, diagrams, etc.--Early works to 1800
  • -  Constellations--Charts, diagrams, etc.--Early works to 1800
  • -  Stars--Charts, diagrams, etc.--Early works to 1800
  • -  Universe

Genre

  • Celestial charts
  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Shows stars with illustrations of signs of the zodiac.
  • -  Atlantes Neederlandici, 1967-1985, v. II, El 2,2
  • -  Appears in Elwe's 1792 Atlas.
  • -  Includes text and chart of explanations of the zodiac signs.
  • -  In bottom margin faintly printed: te bekomen te Amsterdam by Joannes de Ram, boeckverkooper op den Dam.

Medium

  • 1 chart : hand colored ; 30 x 57 cm, on sheet 55 x 66 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3190 1792 .B3

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2013593225

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Backer, Remmet Teunisse, and Jan Barend Elwe. Door Dit Hemels Pleyn Wert Vertoondt Den Gehelen Loop Des Hemels Der Vaste Sterren Met Haer Beeltenisse. [Te Amsterdam: By I.B. Elwe, 1792] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593225/.

APA citation style:

Backer, R. T. & Elwe, J. B. (1792) Door Dit Hemels Pleyn Wert Vertoondt Den Gehelen Loop Des Hemels Der Vaste Sterren Met Haer Beeltenisse. [Te Amsterdam: By I.B. Elwe] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593225/.

MLA citation style:

Backer, Remmet Teunisse, and Jan Barend Elwe. Door Dit Hemels Pleyn Wert Vertoondt Den Gehelen Loop Des Hemels Der Vaste Sterren Met Haer Beeltenisse. [Te Amsterdam: By I.B. Elwe, 1792] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013593225/>.