La sphere artificielle ou armilaire oblique, elevee sur l’horizon a la latitude de Paris

Description:: Chez Desnos Geographe Ingenieur pour les Globes et Spheres.

Large armillary sphere surrounded by planetary illustrations, solar charts, and text. Includes 4 smaller maps (11.5 cm in diam.) in each corner; 2 celestial spheres at top, western and eastern hemisphere at bottom.

California shown as a labeled island (no place names) on the western hemisphere map.

Text in French.
Resource Link:: https://purl.stanford.edu/hd426mx3253
Identifier:: https://purl.stanford.edu/hd426mx3253
Language:: fre
Creator:: Desnos, Louis-Charles, 1725-1805
Publisher:: Desnos
Provider:: Stanford
Resource Class:: Maps
Resource Type:: Armillary spheres
Subject:: Armillary spheres and World maps
Date Issued:: 1781
Rights:: Image from the Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
Rights Holder:: This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
License:: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Access Rights:: Public
Format:: JPEG2000
Georeferenced:: false

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