The old observing-room, Greenwich mb-code NA015725 View across the Mississippi

View across the Mississippi

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The old observing-room, Greenwich mb-code NA015725 View across the MississippiThe old observing room, Greenwich, late 17th century (1893). The Royal Observatory at Greenwich was founded in 1675 by King Charles II, with John Flamsteed appointed as the first Astronomer Royal. The building, with its octagonal observing room, was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume III, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1893.