Sextans Astronomicus Thyco Brahe

from part one of first edition of the famous Atlas major, with all instruments of Thyco Brahe

Type of object:

Sextant

Time period:

Denemarken & Belgie

Place:

Amsterdam

Date:

1664

Maker / Author:

Joan Blaeu

Publisher / Printer:

Joan Blaeu

Dimensions:

26,5 x 40cm

Material:

paper copperprint

Graduation:

Inscription:

Verso dutch tekst about the sextant

Provenance:

Grooten Atlas, oft Werelt- Beschryving, in welcke ‘t Aerdryck, de Zee, en Hemel, wort vertoont en beschreven 1664

References:

Van der Krogt 2:621

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Description

Description of the use of this sextant in cellar G of the observatorium Stellenborg. This sextant was designed by Tycho Brahe in 1584 and it had a radius of 155 cm. Johannes Blaeu published this design in his Atlas major as an appraisal both to his father Willem and to Tycho Brahe, where his father was an apprentice.