Category Archives: 3. Paper Globes

The MOON: the Near Side, the Dark Side

Posted on May 25, 2019 by paperpino

The MOON (High relief cm 33x23x6)

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Christmas gifts reminder…

Posted on December 7, 2018 by paperpino

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Coronelli’s Celestial paper Globe (Christmas Ornament version)

Posted on December 3, 2016 by paperpino

Vincenzo Coronelli (August 16, 1650 – December 9, 1718) was a Franciscan friar, cosmographer, cartographer, publisher, and encyclopedist known in particular for his atlases and globes. He spent most of his life in Venice. He produced celestial and terrestrial globes … Continue reading →

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Cassini’s Celestial paper Globe on AstroMedia

Posted on September 12, 2016 by paperpino

I’m proud to announce that my project of Cassini’s Celestial paper Globe (Christmas Ball version) has just been published in a nice hard copy version by AstroMedia, specialized in cardboard kits of scientific instruments and models.

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“Remaking the Heavens” /2. Scan, prototype, and the North Pole

Posted on September 4, 2016 by paperpino

Almost two years already passed since I published my first (and last) post on “Remaking the Heavens”. Well, I worked on it, but not enough… The first thing I did was to scan the pages of the “Libro dei Globi”. … Continue reading →

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“Blue Marble: Next Generation”. Twelve Earth Globes (Christmas Edition)

Posted on November 19, 2015 by paperpino

… In 1972, from a distance of about 45,000 km (28,000 mi), the crew of Apollo 17 took one of the most famous photographs ever made of the Earth. This original Blue Marble inspired later images of the Earth compiled … Continue reading →

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Fragile like an egg…

Posted on March 29, 2015 by paperpino

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Posted in 2. Paper Models, 3. Paper Globes | Tagged Earth, Easter, paper globe, Pasqua, Terra | 4 Comments

Coelum Stellatum Christianum (Christmas Ball Ornament)

Posted on November 27, 2014 by paperpino

Merry Christmas Happy 2015 A new year full of paper to cut, fold and glue!

Posted in 2. Paper Models, 3. Paper Globes | Tagged celestial globe, Cellarius, globo celeste, paper globe, Schiller | Leave a comment

COELUM STELLATUM CHRISTIANUM (1660)

Posted on November 23, 2014 by paperpino

Whilst Kepler was studying the planets motion, his son-in-law Jacob Bartsch, astronomer, Wilhelm Schickard, the astronomer and professor of Oriental languages at Tübingen, and Julius Schiller (c. 1580 – 1627), a lawyer from Ausburg, together with others were planning the … Continue reading →

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“Remaking the Heavens” /1

Posted on September 19, 2014 by paperpino

For long time I surfed the web in searching for hi-res digital files representing celestial (and terrestrial) gores by Venetian cartographer Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718). The best I found was a pdf version of the “Atlas Céleste, composé d’un globe de douze pieds … Continue reading →

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