Carte Helio-Seleno-Graphique d’Europe
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Object Details
- Description
- This engraved map of Europe shows the predicted path of the solar eclipse of April 1, 1764. The text reads: “Dans laquelle on voit la Projection que l’ombre de la Lune tracera sur la surface de cette partie de notre Globe dans le celebre Eclipse central et annulaire du Soleil qui arrivera le 1 Avril 1764. A Paris chez Desnos, Ingenieur Geographie, Rue St Jacq. au Globe.” The signature refers to Louis-Charles Desnos (1725-1805), an important cartographer and instrument maker in Paris.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1764
- ID Number
- PH.329959
- catalog number
- 329959
- accession number
- 286290
- Object Name
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 in x 10 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 26.67 cm
- place made
- France: Île-de-France, Paris
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Science & Mathematics
- Prints from the Physical Sciences Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Astronomy
- related event
- Solar eclipse
- Record ID
- nmah_1451892
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-fe37-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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