Celestial instruments Surviving artifact
Willem Jansz Blaeu celestial globe, Met 1990.84
after 1621
Speculative use · Tartarian imagining
Imagine an Old World navigator planning journeys through a sky drawn as a realm of living symbols.
An imagined use within Tartarian lore; its historic use is not established by this interpretation.Where it survives
The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Fifth Avenue collection
New York, New York, United States
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Collection reference: 1990.84
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