5.2.2 Nova ac generalis orbis descriptio

5.2.2 Nova ac generalis orbis descriptio

Description

This finely crafted and well-preserved three-inch terrestrial globe, within a six-inch armillary sphere, mounted on an octagonal brass base, is the work of Kaspar Vopel, a teacher of mathematics in Cologne, Germany, and a scholar of wide cosmographical interests.

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