Southern Hemisphere Star Chart

Object summary

Title: Southern Hemisphere Star Chart
Object ID: AF-AX-3049
Date made: 1672
Maker: unknown
Object type: Engraving
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
On view: Yes
Exhibition: Liquid Archive

Description

Monochrome engraving of a star chart for the southern hemisphere. All labels in Latin. Cetus, the whale, pointed out with a pencilled arrow and inscription.

Inscriptions

Type: pencil
Location: top right
Inscriber: whales inscriber
Text: "Cetus"

Type: pencil
Location: lower left
Inscriber: dates inscriber
Text: "Date 1672"

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