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Strasbourg Observatory is hosting a damaged Coronelli 1693 celestial globe appearing in the 1920s for the first time in Observatory documents. This chapter reviews Coronelli’s activities and elaborates on the history and possible trajectory of that globe.
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Heck, A. (2005). The Coronelli Globe of Strasbourg Observatory. In: Heck, A. (eds) The Multinational History of Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 330. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3644-2_14
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