Topographia insulæ Huenæ in celebri porthmo regni Daniæ, quem vulgo Oersunt uocant /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622
Other Authors:	Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590, Rantzau, Henrik, 1526-1598
Format:	Map
Language:	Latin French
Language Notes:	French text on verso (page 27 and unnumbered page).
Published:	[Cologne] : [publisher not identified], [1620?]
Subjects:	Ven Island (Sweden) > Maps > Early works to 1800. Sound, The (Denmark and Sweden) > Maps > Early works to 1800. Astronomical observatories > Sweden > Ven Island > Pictorial works. Astronomical instruments > Denmark > Pictorial works. Brahe, Tycho, > 1546-1601 > Homes and haunts > Sweden > Ven Island > Pictorial works. Early maps. Aerial views.

Description
Item Description:	Detached from a French edition of: Civitates orbis terrarum (volume 3). Derived from a drawing by Tycho Brahe and forwarded to Braun and Hogenberg by Henrik Rantzau; see R.A. Skeltons Introduction to the 1980 facs. ed. of Civitates orbis terrarum. Includes images: Vranibvgvm arx, quamplurimis, uaria exactaq. ratione, elaboratis machinis astronomicis referta, un summae illius scientiae honore, et instaurationem, a Tychone Brache... [Uraniburg Observatory as of 1580, with floor plan] -- Totius ambit. et capacita tis delieneatio [observatory grounds] -- Brahe's armillary sphere -- Brahe's triangular sextant. Includes index. Vertical fold line at center. The Cushing Library copy is part of the Ronald L. and V. Jane Woellhof Rare Map Collection.
Physical Description:	1 map : hand colored ; on sheet 41 x 53 cm