British Museum – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 13:02:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg British Museum – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 A 13th-Century Celestial Globe https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/08/a-13th-century-celestial-globe/ Thu, 09 Aug 2018 13:02:42 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1786097 More]]>

Here’s a short video from the British Museum about a 13th-century celestial globe; it goes into the history of the globe, who made it, and how the stars appear on it (i.e. if the sky is represented as a globe, we’re on the inside: how do the stars appear on that globe?).

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