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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to twelve volumes. The frontispiece of volume I,1663, shows science (or geography) led in triumph by the four continents.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593 pla...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to twelve volumes. Introduction to volume I: "the earth is in the center of the universe..", this despite the fact that Copernicus put the sun in the center around 1520.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to twelve volumes. Engravings in volume one show Tycho Brahe's instruments in his observatory in Denmark. An armillary sphere.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to twelve volumes. Engravings in volume one show Tycho Brahe's instruments in his observatory in Denmark. An armillary sphere.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to twelve volumes. Engravings in volume one show Tycho Brahe's instruments in his observatory in Denmark. An armillary sphere.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to twelve volumes. Engravings in volume one show Tycho Brahe's instruments in his observatory in Denmark. A quadrant.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to twelve volumes. Volume I: Dutch ships observe a "marvellous meteor" during their voyage.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to twelve volumes. Volume I: Tycho Brahe's observatory Uranienborg castle (built 1633) on the Danish island Vehn, given to him by Danish king Frederick II.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to twelve volumes. Volume I: Tycho Brahe's observatory Uranienborg castle (built 1633) on the Danish island Hven, given to him by Danish king Frederick II.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to twelve volumes. Volume I:Tycho Brahe, aged forty, "designer of astronomical instruments" teaching in his observatory Uranienborg castle on the island Hven.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to twelve volumes. Volume I: Tycho Brahe's observatory Uranienborg castle in the Denish island Hven, a present from Danish king Frederick II.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to twelve volumes. Volume 10: Spain and Africa. A bird's eye view of Escorial palace and monastery of San Lorenzo, Spain.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...