PLANISFERIO CELESTE MERIDIONALE / TAGLIATO SULL’ EQUATORE
date: label: date made
content: 1777
notes: label: Description
content: Geocentric polar projection of the southern skies with images of the Paris, Greenwich, Cassel and Copenhagen observatories in the four corners. The title at top reads “PLANISFERIO CELESTE MERIDIONALE / TAGLIATO SULL’ EQUATORE.” The texts at bottom read "VENEZIA 1777 / Presso Antonia Zatta / con Privilegio dell' Estime Senato" and "Castellan D. Sc. Architet di Padova del." and "G. Zuliani scolp. G. Pitteri scri." Antonio Zatta (fl. 1757-1797) was a cartographer and publisher based in Venice.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Venetan, Venice
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.319251
label: catalog number
content: 319251
label: accession number
content: 236083
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 7/8 in x 20 1/4 in; 37.7825 cm x 51.435 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 in x 23 in x 7/8 in; 53.34 cm x 58.42 cm x 2.2225 cm