PTOLEMAIC AND COPERNICAN GLOBES IN THE 17TH CENTURY: SHORT REMARKS ON THE HANDBOOKS BY BLAEU AND BION
PTOLEMAIC AND COPERNICAN GLOBES IN THE 17TH CENTURY: SHORT REMARKS ON THE HANDBOOKS BY BLAEU AND BION

Author(s): Flavia Marcacci
Subject(s): History, Maps / Cartography, History of ideas, 16th Century, 17th Century
Published by: Scientia Socialis, UAB
Keywords: Ptolemaic globes; Copernican globes; Astronomy; Blaeu; Bion;
Summary/Abstract: The famous Dutch cartographer and publisher Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571–1638) qualified himself as an instrument and globe maker under direction of T˙cho Brahe (1546–1572). In his Institution astronomique Blaeu explained the differences between techniques of construction and usage of Ptolemaic and Copernican globes. Nicolas Bion (1652?–1733) was a less renowned globe maker. In L’usage des globes celestes et terrestres he described how constructing Ptolemaic and Copernican globes. An interesting and unusual proof of persistent problem of world systems comparison in XVIIth century.

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