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Leo, Cancer and the Great Bear
Pictures by Andreas Cellarius
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Andreas Cellarius's hand-colored star map from 1660 shows the lion, the crab and the Great Bear stretched across the northern sky, ringed by clouds and cherubs. It comes from Harmonia Macrocosmica, the most lavish celestial atlas of the 1600s. For someone who loves the night sky and old maps.
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Stars and Planets · Celestial map / LEO, CANCER AND THE GREAT BEAR / Andreas Cellarius, 1660 / The lion, the crab and the Great Bear stretch across the northern sky in this hand-colored star map. It comes from Harmonia Macrocosmica, the most lavish celestial atlas of the 1600s.
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