Weltkarten
Heinrich Scherer (German, 1628-1704), magellanic world map entitled "Representatio Geographica Itineris Maritimi Navis Victoriae...," using north polar projection and showing the route of Magellan's circumnavigation. It also features the Victoria, the only remaining ship from Magellan's armada, and survivors of the voyage. Published in Scherer's Atlas Novus, circa 1700, hand-colored copperplate etching, 23 x 36 cm. Private collection. --- Image by © Corbis
Copernican sun-centred (heliocentric) system of the universe, 1708. This shows the orbit of the Moon round the Earth, and the orbits of the Earth and planets round the Sun, including Jupiter and its moons, all surrounded by the 12 signs of the zodiac. The figure at bottom right is Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543). Prior to the work of Copernicus the Earth was considered to be the stationary centre of the universe, a notion first advocated by the Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy. From "Harmonia Macrocsmica" by Andreas Cellarius. (Amsterdam, 1708). Oxford Science Archive. --- Image by © Heritage Images/Corbis