Image: Himmelsglob med horisontcirkel zodiaken och väderstreck, 1602 - Skoklosters slott - 10550f

Description: Willem Blaeu (1571-1638) was a pupil of the world-famous astronomer Tycho Brahe. Around 1600, Blaeu started production of maps and globes in Amsterdam. Thanks to his scientific knowledge and through the purchase of other cartographers' work, Blaeu became one of the most authoritative producers of maps in Europe. In accordance with the thinking of the time, the workshop made globes in pairs: one to represent the heavens and another the Earth. Most scientists were convinced that the heavenly movements were matched by similar events on Earth. The globes could also serve as a tool for geographic calculations and thus play a role in practical contexts. For many wealthy men in Europe, globes were also a symbol of scientific interest, financial prosperity and good taste.
Title: Globklot med zodiaken, stjärntecken, kalendarium och väderstrecken.
Credit: Erik Lernestål -  LSH 102440 (Sm dig14272)
Author: Willem Blaeu
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