Armillary sphere, Musee du Nouveau Monde, La Rochelle
Armillary sphere, 1821, wood and paper, by Felix Delamarche, 1779-1835, displaying orbits of planets around the sun and months of the year, in the Musee du Nouveau Monde, or New World Museum, opened 1982 in the Hotel Fleuriau, an 18th century mansion home to merchant Aime-Benjamin Fleuriau, 1707-1877, in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The museum explores links between France and the Americas, including the slave trade. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13973357
Media ID
45621005
Size
6360px x 10380px
(14.7MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
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1821 Aime-benjamin Armillary Calendar Charente-maritime Dhistoire Fleuriau Monde Musees Nouvelle-aquitaine Orbit Particulier Poitou-charentes Rochelle Sphere
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