Cosmographical Diagram of the Earth's Zones

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'.