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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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“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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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!

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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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The first time the word “America”…

Posted on February 1, 2014 by paperpino

… appeared on Earth. Globe diameter: 12 cm In 1901 Joseph Fisher, a Jesuit historian who was conducting research in in the library of Prince Johannes zu Waldburg- Wolfegg in Wolfegg Castle in Württemberg, Germany, discovered the famous large Waldseemueller’s … Continue reading →

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Celestial Globe from Ignace-Gaston Pardies’ Tables

Posted on December 1, 2013 by paperpino

[diameter of the Celestial Globe: 25 cm] Visit the David Rumsey Map Collection website to admire and download Pardies’ star and constellation maps. Another great website with a lot of information about Pardies’ masterpiece is Atlas Coelestis (sorry, mostly in Italian…). … Continue reading →

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Nocturnal Celestial Globe / Globo Celeste Notturno

Posted on April 27, 2013 by paperpino

           Petrus Plancius (Pieter Platevoet, 1552-1622) was a famous Flemish cartographer. He included new constellations in the austral celestial emisphere. In 1612, he drew 12 gores for a 14.5 cm diameter celestial globe, with eight new … Continue reading →

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Cassini’s Terrestrial and Celestial Globes (Christmas Balls version)

Posted on December 1, 2012 by paperpino

Giovanni Maria Cassini (1745-1824) was regarded as one of the last great Italian globemakers of the 18th century. Here, I present two 15 cm diameter globes in a Christmas ornament version. The larger version of the terrestrial globe was already … Continue reading →

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