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Image: Frederiksborg slot - Museum 20090818 28

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Description: The celestial globe from Gottorp Castle in Schleswig, executed in 1654-57 for Duke Friedrich III of Gottorp by Andreas Bösch of Limburg with the assistance of Adam Olearius, Court Mathematician, Antiquarian, an Geographer. The planets move round the sun according to the Copernican system. The verry small globe above moves according to the Ptolomean system.
Title: Frederiksborg slot - Museum 20090818 28
Credit: Self-photographed
Author: Politikaner
Permission: GNU Free Documentation License
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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