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A modern astrolabe made in Tabriz, Iran in 2013. An astrolabe ( Greek: ἀστρολάβος astrolábos, 'star-taker'; Arabic: ٱلأَسْطُرلاب al-Asṭurlāb; Persian: ستارهیاب Setāreyāb) is an astronomical instrument dating to ancient times. It serves as a star chart and physical model of visible heavenly bodies.
Closed. 1642. Demolished. 1644–45. Rebuilt. 1614. The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 at Southwark, close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men. It was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613.
Leonardo's world map is the name assigned to a unique world map drawn using the "octant projection" and found loosely inserted among a Codex of Leonardo da Vinci preserved in Windsor. It features an early use of the toponym America and incorporates information from the travels of Amerigo Vespucci , published in 1503 and 1505. [1]
Spaceship Earth (Epcot) / 28.37528°N 81.54944°W / 28.37528; -81.54944. Spaceship Earth is a dark ride attraction at the EPCOT theme park at the Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida. The geodesic sphere in which the attraction is housed has served as the symbolic structure of EPCOT since the park opened in 1982.
It is the tenth-largest country in Europe, covering an area of 301,340 km 2 (116,350 sq mi), [3] and third-most populous member state of the European Union, with a population of nearly 60 million. [16] Its capital and largest city is Rome; other major urban areas include Milan, Naples, Turin, Florence, and Venice .
Analemma with date marks, printed on a globe, Globe Museum, Vienna, Austria In astronomy , an analemma ( / ˌ æ n ə ˈ l ɛ m ə / ; from Ancient Greek ἀνάλημμα (analēmma) 'support') [a] is a diagram showing the position of the Sun in the sky as seen from a fixed location on Earth at the same mean solar time , as that position ...
Shakespeare's Globe is a realistic true-to-history reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse first built in 1599 for which William Shakespeare wrote his plays. Like the original, it is located on the south bank of the River Thames , in Southwark , London.
Jun. 20—Celebrate the many cultures that make up Albuquerque during World Refugee Day at Civic Plaza. The event will take place from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at 1 Civic Plaza NW.