Systema Mundi Tychonicum Secundum celeberrimorum Astonomorum Tychonis de Brahe et Io. Baptistae Riccioli S.I.
Nuremberg, Germany: c.1740. Notes: Decorative celestial map showing the Tycho Brahe model of the Solar System with Zodiac signs.
The Tychonic system of the World suggests Earth in its centre, opposing the Copernican system.
Johann Baptist Homann (20 March 1664 – 1 July 1724) was a German geographer and cartographer, He founded his own publishing house in 1702. Homann died in Nuremberg in 1724. He was succeeded by his son Johann Christoph (1703–1730). The company carried on upon his death as Homann heirs company., Size : 492x588 (mm), 19.37x23.15 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Category: Maps Celestial;. Very Good. Item #M11229
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