Celestial globe: Quick Facts

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Detail of the Atlas statue in Paphos, Greece, showing the celestial globe.

Statue of Atlas at Paphos, Cyprus, showing a muscular bearded man bent forward carrying a globe decorated with a bull and a ship on his shoulders.

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Portrait of Archimedes by Giuseppe Nogari shows an elderly man with white hair and beard, holding a compass, gazing downward, set against a dark background.

Archimedes

Greek mathematician and inventor

Ursa major constellation illustration art. (Big Dipper) stars, space, night sky)

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Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.

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