- Title
- Die verfinsterte Erdkugel d.i. geographische Vorstellung der Sonnen- od. Erd-Finsternis den 25ten Iulii ao. 1748 ... = ; Monde eclipsé, ou representation geographique de l'eclipse de la terre ou du soleil qui arrivera le 25. Iulliet 1748 ; le Monde eclipsé, ou representation geographique de l'eclipse de la terre ou du soleil qui arrivera le 25. Iulliet 1748
- Lowitz, G. M. (George Moritz), 1722-1774, creator
Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783, dedicatee.
Dorn, S. (Sebastian), -approximately 1778, engraver.
Schneider, Ruprecht Adam.
Homann Erben (Firm) - von Georg Moriz Lowiz ; sculpsit fit. Ruprecht Adam Schneider Fürth.
- 1747
- Germany
Norimb[ergae] - Officina Homanniana
- 4 maps on 2 sheets : hand col. ; sheets 54 x 63 cm.
- Latin
- map
World maps
Early maps
Maps - Images
- Sheet 1. Fig. I [map] : Halbkugel bey dem Eintritt des Mittelpuncts vom Halbschatten -- Sheet 1. Fig. II [map] : Halbkugel mit dem Halbschatten zur Zeit des Neumonds -- Sheet 1. Fig. III [map] : Halbkugel mit dem Austritt des Mittelpuncts vom Halbschatten -- Sheet 2. [map] : Evropa Eclipsata d. xxv. Iul. A.mdccxxxxviii designata stereographice / a Georgio Mauritio Lowizio. Impensis Homannianis Norimb ; S. Dorn sculps. Norib.
- Solar eclipses--1748--Maps
- Shows movements of moon relative to Berlin, Nuremburg, St. Petersburg and Rome; movement of penumbra during the solar eclipse.
Relief shown pictorially.
Dedication: Illustri ac per omnem Europam celeberrimo viro Dno. Leonhardo Evlero. Acad. Imperial. Petropolit. Professori honorario, Regiæ Societ. Sc. Anglicanæ Sodali, nec non classis mathemat. in Academia regia sc. Borussica Directori et Professori Regio fautori sua singulari pietate ætatem colendo utramq[ue] tabulam Orbis eclipsati et Europæ eclipsatæ in æternum monumentum consecrat Georgius Mauritius Lowiz, tanti nominis sincerus cultor.
Includes 1 ancillary figure and tables on sheet 1 and 4 ancillary figures on sheet 2.
In German, French, and Latin. - Open Collections Program at Harvard University
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard University
- 990115325190203941_FHCL:2095499
- Title
- Die verfinsterte Erdkugel d.i. geographische Vorstellung der Sonnen- od. Erd-Finsternis den 25ten Iulii ao. 1748 ... = ; Monde eclipsé, ou representation geographique de l'eclipse de la terre ou du soleil qui arrivera le 25. Iulliet 1748 ; le Monde eclipsé, ou representation geographique de l'eclipse de la terre ou du soleil qui arrivera le 25. Iulliet 1748
- Creator / Contributor
- Lowitz, G. M. (George Moritz), 1722-1774, creator
Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783, dedicatee.
Dorn, S. (Sebastian), -approximately 1778, engraver.
Schneider, Ruprecht Adam.
Homann Erben (Firm) - Attribution
- von Georg Moriz Lowiz ; sculpsit fit. Ruprecht Adam Schneider Fürth.
- Date
- 1747
- Place of Origin
- Germany
Norimb[ergae] - Publisher
- Officina Homanniana
- Extent
- 4 maps on 2 sheets : hand col. ; sheets 54 x 63 cm.
- Language
- Latin
- Genre
- map
World maps
Early maps
Maps - Digital Format
- Images
- Contents
- Sheet 1. Fig. I [map] : Halbkugel bey dem Eintritt des Mittelpuncts vom Halbschatten -- Sheet 1. Fig. II [map] : Halbkugel mit dem Halbschatten zur Zeit des Neumonds -- Sheet 1. Fig. III [map] : Halbkugel mit dem Austritt des Mittelpuncts vom Halbschatten -- Sheet 2. [map] : Evropa Eclipsata d. xxv. Iul. A.mdccxxxxviii designata stereographice / a Georgio Mauritio Lowizio. Impensis Homannianis Norimb ; S. Dorn sculps. Norib.
- Subjects
- Solar eclipses--1748--Maps
- Notes
- Shows movements of moon relative to Berlin, Nuremburg, St. Petersburg and Rome; movement of penumbra during the solar eclipse.
Relief shown pictorially.
Dedication: Illustri ac per omnem Europam celeberrimo viro Dno. Leonhardo Evlero. Acad. Imperial. Petropolit. Professori honorario, Regiæ Societ. Sc. Anglicanæ Sodali, nec non classis mathemat. in Academia regia sc. Borussica Directori et Professori Regio fautori sua singulari pietate ætatem colendo utramq[ue] tabulam Orbis eclipsati et Europæ eclipsatæ in æternum monumentum consecrat Georgius Mauritius Lowiz, tanti nominis sincerus cultor.
Includes 1 ancillary figure and tables on sheet 1 and 4 ancillary figures on sheet 2.
In German, French, and Latin. - Series
- Open Collections Program at Harvard University
- Repository
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard University
- Record ID
- 990115325190203941_FHCL:2095499
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