<i>Carte Helio-Seleno-Graphique d’Europe</i>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1764
notes: label: Description
content: This engraved map of Europe shows the predicted path of the solar eclipse of April 1, 1764. The text reads: “Dans laquelle on voit la Projection que l’ombre de la Lune tracera sur la surface de cette partie de notre Globe dans le celebre Eclipse central et annulaire du Soleil qui arrivera le 1 Avril 1764. A Paris chez Desnos, Ingenieur Geographie, Rue St Jacq. au Globe.” The signature refers to Louis-Charles Desnos (1725-1805), an important cartographer and instrument maker in Paris.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Astronomy
label: related event
content: Solar eclipse
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Prints from the Physical Sciences Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.329959
label: catalog number
content: 329959
label: accession number
content: 286290
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 10 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 26.67 cm