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Image: Illustration of Greenwich Observatory by Johann Doppelmayr

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Description: Vignette of Greenwich Observatory within Doppelmayr's southern celestial hemisphere map, "Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe in quo Fixarum loca secundum Eclipticae ductum ad anum 1730 . . ."
Title: Illustration of Greenwich Observatory by Johann Doppelmayr
Credit: Original publication: Nuremberg, ca. 1742, in "Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis." Immediate source: I own this map and took the photograph.
Author: Johann Doppelmayr (Life time: 1677-1750)
Permission: Published between 1730-1742, and owned by myself.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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