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Compass Rose Art Print
by Royal Astronomical Society/science Photo Library
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Compass Rose art print by Royal Astronomical Society/science Photo Library. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Compass rose, 16th century artwork. The text labels are in Latin and Old French, marking the four compass points and twelve intermediate points. The... more
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Compass rose, 16th century artwork. The text labels are in Latin and Old French, marking the four compass points and twelve intermediate points. The Old French labels are: North, Est, Su and Oest. The Latin labels are Septentrio, Oriens, Meridies and Occidens. The English equivalents being: North, East, South and West. This artwork is from the 1552 edition of Sphaera Mundi, by the French mathematician and cartographer Oronce Fine (1494-1555). Fine was a writer of many books popularising mathematics and astronomy. Sphaera Mundi (Sphere of the World) was an astronomy textbook with woodcut illustrations by Fine. It was first published in 1542.
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