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Abraham Zacuto's Almanach perpetuum celestium motuum
facsimile from 1915 of this important work about the suns declination, dating from 1473
Type of object:
Book & Prints
Time period:
Portugal & Spanje
Place:
Munich
Date:
1915
Maker / Author:
Abraham Ben Samuel Zacuto
Publisher / Printer:
Original published by Joseph Vecinho, Augsburg. Re-Published by Munich, J.B. Obernetter Collection
Dimensions:
Material:
paper
Graduation:
335 pag
Inscription:
Zacuto Almanach perpetuum
Provenance:
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Description
Facsimile of the important work of Abraham Ben Samuel Zacuto, a Hebrue astronome born in Salamanca. He published the first declination tables, important to navigate using the sun. This was important when the Poertugues navigators sailed beyond the equator where they couldn't use the Polestar anymore.
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