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Blaeu, J. Geographia quae est Cosmographiae Blavianae pars prima... Amsterdam, 1665.

Well known publishers of atlases Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571–1638) and his son Joannes Blaeu‘s (after 1597–1673) atlas Geography, which is the first part of Blaeu Cosmography. The atlas contains many astronomical measurement devices constructed by Danish nobleman, astronomer and alchemist Tycho Brahe (Dan. Tyge Ottesen Brahe, 1546–1601) to measure the position of celestial bodies with a precision of one angular minute, plans of observatory and illustrations of instruments. T. Brahe was considered as one of the best known XVI c. astronomers who could establish precisely the position of planets prior to discovery of the telescope and whose calculations were used as a basis for law formulation by German mathematician Johann Kepler (1571–1630)

M. Copernicus’s and T. Brahe‘s parallax measurement devices

Parallax measurement device constructed by T. Brahe

Engraving showing the map of Hven Island in the Baltic Sea where the famous Uraniborg observatory was built by famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (Dan. Tyge Ottesen Brahe, after 1597–1601) with the image of observatory building

Uraniborg observatory plan

View of Uraniborg observatory main building

Steleburg or the view of T. Brahe‘s underground observatory in Hven Island 

Engraving showing the interior of Uraniborg observatory designed and built by T. Brahe Hven (Ven) Island in the Baltic Sea: astronomical devices and gigantic mural quadrant were constructed by the astronomer himself. Hand coloured