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*Chinese [http://www.chinesehsc.org/chinese_astronomy.shtml Suzhou Map] (13th century with older data)
*Chinese [http://www.chinesehsc.org/chinese_astronomy.shtml Suzhou Map] (13th century with older data)
*[https://digicult2.thulb.uni-jena.de/rsc/viewer/digicult_derivate_00115090/Sternkarte2.tif 1395 Korean Map] (Uni Jena)
*[https://digicult2.thulb.uni-jena.de/rsc/viewer/digicult_derivate_00115090/Sternkarte2.tif 1395 Korean Map] (Uni Jena)
*[https://homepage.univie.ac.at/georg.zotti/virtual_globes/modelviewer.html?obj=globes/1279_al-Urdi/1279_al-Urdi.obj 1279 al-Urdi's Celestial Globe]
 
*[https://homepage.univie.ac.at/georg.zotti/virtual_globes/modelviewer.html?obj=globes/1626_Greuter_Sky/1626_Greuter_Sky.obj 1626 Nicolai&Greuter's Celestial Globe]
=== Virtual Globe Gallery (3D) ===
*[https://homepage.univie.ac.at/georg.zotti/virtual_globes/modelviewer.html?obj=globes/1688_Coronelli_Sky/1688_Coronelli_Sky.obj 1688 Coronelli's Celestial Globe]
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*[https://homepage.univie.ac.at/georg.zotti/virtual_globes/modelviewer.html?obj=globes/1792_Cassini_Sky/1792_Cassini_Sky_optLayout.obj 1792 Cassini's Celestial Globe]
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== Table of Resources ==
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Reference
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|[https://homepage.univie.ac.at/georg.zotti/virtual_globes/modelviewer.html?obj=globes/1279_al-Urdi/1279_al-Urdi.obj 1279 al-Urdi's Celestial Globe]
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|[https://homepage.univie.ac.at/georg.zotti/virtual_globes/modelviewer.html?obj=globes/1626_Greuter_Sky/1626_Greuter_Sky.obj 1626 Nicolai&Greuter's Celestial Globe]
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|Coronelli's Celestial Globe (1688)
(CC BY Georg [https://github.com/gzotti/gzotti.github.io/blob/main/virtual_globes/globes/1688_Coronelli_Sky/1688_Coronelli_Sky.obj Zotti on GitHub])
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|[https://homepage.univie.ac.at/georg.zotti/virtual_globes/modelviewer.html?obj=globes/1792_Cassini_Sky/1792_Cassini_Sky_optLayout.obj 1792 Cassini's Celestial Globe]
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=== Globe Gores, Photos, and Drawings ===
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Revision as of 05:46, 19 May 2026

Here is a gallery of the historical maps that we are frequently referring to and display details of.

Interactive digitals Maps and Globes

author (year)

Reference

3D object
1279 al-Urdi's Celestial Globe
1626 Nicolai&Greuter's Celestial Globe
Coronelli's Celestial Globe (1688)

(CC BY Georg Zotti on GitHub)

1792 Cassini's Celestial Globe

Globe Gores, Photos, and Drawings

author (year) image

Mainz Globe

Drawing of the Mainz Globe, Roman celestial globe in the Römisch-Germanisches Museum Mainz, Germany, published by E. Künzl (1998).[1]

Kugel Globe

high resolution drawing of the Kugel Globe, published in Hoffmann (2025)[2]
see separate page for more information

Dürer (1515)

celestial maps (north, south)

Mercator (1551)

globe gores (TROVE)

van der Keere & Plancius (1612)

globe gores

Habrecht (1621)

globe gores

Royer (1679)

Celestial south map by Augustin Royer (1679)

Lacaille (1763)

screenshot of zoomable map at library in Zurich

Young (1807)

Celestial Map in Young (1807): A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts (see Internet Archive).

Mobacher (1881)

Planisphere by Mobacher (1881), French-Arabic

Carlos Simon (1894)

Celestial Map by Carlos Simon (1894)
  1. E. Künzl (1998). Der Globus Im Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum Mainz: Der Bisher Einzige Komplette Himmelsglobus Aus Dem Griechisch-Römischen Altertum, Der Globusfreund, FEBRUAR 1998 (für 1997/98), Nr. 45/46 (FEBRUAR 1998 (für 1997/98)), pp. 7-153 Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41628587
  2. Hoffmann, Susanne M (2025), Some Results on the Ancient Globes, Globe Studies – The Journal of the International Coronelli Society, 69, 4169