View towards London from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich marketplace holding a truncheon in Colorado

holding a truncheon in Colorado Springs

February 2

Map 8 from John Flamsteed's Atlas Coelestis

For centuries

View towards London from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich marketplace holding a truncheon in ColoradoLandscape panorama showing the view from Greenwich: including at the right of the print the old Royal Observatory building (now known as Flamsteed House). The city is visible centrally, with the river Thames upon which ships can be seen. Several deer are shown in Greenwich parkland. Other figures inhabiting the scene include an artist in the act of drawing, far right. Plate 9 from Ichnographia speculae Regiae Grenovici exquisite facta (London, 1676) a