Die verfinsterte Erdkugel d. i. Vorstellvng der Sonnen- od. Erd-Finsternis 1748 - Antique map

Author: Lowitz, Georg Moritz

Publisher: Homann Heirs

Published: Nürnberg

Publishing year: 1747

Solar eclipse."Die verfinsterte Erdkugel d. i. Geographische Vorstellung der Sonnen- od. Erd-Finsternis den 25.ten Iulii Ao. 1748 ... I.tes Blatt ... - Le Monde Eclipse ou Representation Geographique de l'Eclipse de la Terre ou du Soleil ... 1748". Orig. copper-engraving after G. M. Lowitz drawing based on L. Euler's astronomic model. Published by Homann Heirs in Nuremberg, 1747. Orig. old colouring. With 2 decorative title-cartouches (Ger. and Fr.), 3 hemispheric maps showing the impact of the eclipse on different parts of the World and additional 4th hemispheric map showing the way of the centre of the eclipse around the globe ("Via centri penumbrae"), a dedication of Lowitz to his patron L. Euler in lower left corner. 47:55 cm (18 1/2 x 21 3/4 inch.).

The solar eclipse of 1748 drawn on the basis of Leonhard Euler's astronomic model.

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