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Original fileKosmografie
This black-and-white print features a central globe representing the Earth, divided by a vertical line and a horizontal 'Linea Aequinoctialis' (Equator). Radiating from the poles, dashed lines extend outward to delineate the five primary geographic zones of the sphere. The northern and southern regions are labeled as the Arctic and Antarctic circles, while the tropics are marked as the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. The lines are drawn with thin, precise ink on a plain parchment-colored background.
This diagram belongs to the tradition of early modern cosmography and natural philosophy, illustrating the mathematical division of the celestial and terrestrial spheres common in geographical treatises of the 17th century. It is heavily associated with the didactic visualizations of the cosmos found in Robert Fludd’s 'Utriusque Cosmi Maioris scilicet et Minoris metaphysica, physica, atque technica historia'.
Circulus Arctieus. Tropicus Caneri. Linea Aequinoctialis. Tropicus Capricorni. Circulus Antarctieus. Patus Ant.
Translation
Arctic Circle; Tropic of Cancer; Equinoctial Line (Equator); Tropic of Capricorn; Antarctic Circle; South Pole.
Robert Fludd, Utriusque Cosmi Historia
This diagram illustrates the geographical principles of the macrocosm as outlined in Fludd's encyclopedic work on natural history.
Object
engraving
paper
Baroque
German
map
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
753 × 820 px
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