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A Geographical Map of the Terraqueous Globe Scherer, Heinrich (1700) These are gores for a small geographical "pocket" globe. |
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Church of Santa Croce, Florence After his trial, Galileo remained under house arrest until his death on Jan 8, 1642. His will directed that his remains should be placed beside those of his father Vincenzo in the Church of Santa Croce. |
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Illustration and Description of the Incomparably Great Comet (1680) The great comet of 1680 illumines the sky above Nuremberg. One person among the onlooking crowd observes through a hand-held telescope. This was the first comet to be discovered by a telescope. Gottfried Kirch, a German astronomer, first saw it on November 14, 1680. |
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Chinese lion, George and Cecilia McGhee Collection This Chinese lion is know as a Shi, or an imperial guardian lion. It was a symbol of protection and often placed in front of tombs, palaces, temples, and important homes |
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Robert Bellarmine, portrait Robert, Bellarmine Robert Bellarmine was a prominent Jesuit theologian at the time of Galileo. Before several remarkable novas appeared, and 40 years before Galileo’s evidence of sunspots, Bellarmine had already come to believe on the basis of biblical authority that the heavens are not eternal but corruptible. |
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The Milky Way… drawn at the Earl of Rosse's Observatory at Birr Castle Boeddicker, Otto (1892) Artful lithographs of the Milkyway from a leading English observatory. |
