Willem Janszoon Blaeu Celestial Globe 1602

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Amsterdam: Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1602. 1 globe: hand coloured, 23 cm. in diameter.

This globe was first produced in 1602. It shows a nova in the constellation of Cygnus which Blaeu had personally observed in 1600. The globe forms a pair with the terrestrial globe at Maps G.9.a.

For more information see http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004817515

This model was created for a 2020 British Library project to digitise globes from its historic map collection. For enquiries regarding further re-use of this model please contact licensing@bl.uk