19th-century engraving of a portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus, mathematician and astronomer. He formulated the heliocentric theory, which placed the Sun
19th-century engraving of a portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus, mathematician and astronomer. He formulated the heliocentric theory, which placed the Sun it the centre of the universe. Copernicus was born on February 19, 1473 in Torun, Poland and died on May 24, 1543 in Frombork, Poland. Illustration published in Bilder-Atlas zur Weltgeschichte nach Kunstwerken alter und neuer Zeit (Stuttgart, Verlag Paul Neff, 1882).
Size: 5000px × 5986px
Location: Berlin
Photo credit: © Les Archives Digitales / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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