De hemelatlas van Andreas Cellarius : Het meesterwerk van een vergeten Hollandse kosmograaf

Abstract

The Harmonia Macrocosmia of Andreas Cellarius: the masterwork of a forgotten Dutch cosmographer. This article represents a bibliographical and biographical study of Andreas Cellarius (circa 1596 to 1665), a German-born mathematician and cosmographer who worked as a school-teacher (and later school-principal) in Amsterdam, The Hague and Hoorn. His best-known publication, the Harmonia Macrocosmia, is discussed in detail together with its contents, its genesis and its influence. A summary description of each of he 29 plates included in this cosmographical atlas is presented in the appendix.