Plate 26
John Harris, English, 1686–1740
A View of the World in divers projections by I. Harris

18-5⁄16 x 22-7⁄16 in. (46.5 x 57 cm); second state
London, c. 1697

An elaborate example of 17th-century English mapwork, this sheet display various concepts about the Earth and it relationship to the Sun, the Moon, and other planets in the universe. Included are depictions of the  Ptolemaic geocentric universe, the Copernican heliocentric universe, and a hybrid described by the astronomer Tycho Brahe.