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Reproduced on these classic historical astronomy gifts featuring a Ptolemaic (geocentric) view of the world (before the Scientific Revolution) is the 1568 "Figure Of The Heavenly Bodies" by Bartolomeu Velho, a sixteenth-century Portuguese mapmaker and cosmographer. No need to be an astronomer or a historian to enjoy any of these timeless gifts!
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