
Sujet
The Royal Greenwich Observatory, Flamsteed House, Greenwich Park, London, c1835. Artist: Unknown
Légende
The Royal Greenwich Observatory, Flamsteed House, Greenwich Park, London, c1835. The observatory was built by Christopher Wren (1632-1723) on the orders of Charles II with the aim of providing accurate navigation tables and of solving the problem of finding longitude at sea. The building is named after John Flamsteed (1646-1719), the first Astronomer Royal.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1835
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B65_373
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (3,7Mo) / 42,1cm x 29,7cm / 4973 x 3513 (300dpi)