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English: Vignette of Greenwich Observatory within Doppelmayr's southern celestial hemisphere map, "Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe in quo Fixarum loca secundum Eclipticae ductum ad anum 1730 . . ."
Date (date stated on map itself)
Source Original publication: Nuremberg, ca. 1742, in "Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis." Immediate source: Photograph by BenEsq at English Wikipedia
Author
Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr  (1677–1750)  wikidata:Q85153
 
Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr
Alternative names
Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr; Johann Gabriel Doppelmayer; Johann Gabriel Doppelmair
Description mathematician, astronomer and cartographer
Date of birth/death 27 September 1677 Edit this at Wikidata 1 December 1750 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1700 Edit this at Wikidata–1749 Edit this at Wikidata
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Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q85153

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