Sujet

Greenwich Royal Observatory, Greenwich Park, London.

Légende

Greenwich Royal Observatory, Greenwich Park, London. 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.

Date

1955

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Peter Thompson

Notre référence

HRM19D68_013

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (2,0Mo) / 28,9cm x 43,3cm / 3413 x 5120 (300dpi)

Mots clés

parc bâtiment bâtiments Londres pays la science astronomie Britannique Anglais horloge observatoire brique endroit siècle La Grande-Bretagne longitude navigation 17e siècle brique rouge Greenwich Observatoire Royal PETER THOMPSON Peter Thompson Thompson Peter John Sir Christopher Wren Wren Christopher Sir Christopher Christopher Wren King of Great Britain and Ireland John Flamsteed Flamsteed PTM King Charles II Charles II