Sagittarius, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' pie shop With a description in Dutch

With a description in Dutch

botanist and author

Also showing traffic on the bridge and boats on the River Thames

View during the address of the Lord Mayor

Sagittarius, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' pie shop With a description in DutchThe constellation Sagittarius (the archer or centaur). Map 8 from John Flamsteed's Atlas Coelestis, or star atlas (London, 1729). This was the first celestial atlas based on telescopic observations. Published posthumously, it was the work of the Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed FRS (1646 1719), and used the catalogue of 2935 stars in his 1725 Historia Coelestis Britannica. Original: engraving. 1729