Passage de l'ombre de la Lune au travers de l'Europe dans l'éclipse de Soleil centrale et annulaire : qui s'observent le 1er avril 1764
Path of a European Eclipse in 1764 |
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| Date: | 1764 |
| Author: | Mme. Le Paute Dagelet |
| Dwnld: | Full Size (16.65mb) |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
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This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Astronomy maps that you might want to check out.
So I tried to research this, and it turns out it might've just been some lunar eclipse that happened.
Not shitting on it, and yeah, by all means make a map about it (and this one is a handsome one). But it wasn't like some "big deal" eclipse that made King George kill all of his butlers or anything.
There was, though, born during the eclipse a champion racehorse that was, by virtue of the conditions surrounding his birth, named "Eclipse".
Here is another map of this solar eclipse http://objects.library.uu.nl/reader/index.php?obj=1874-33174&lan=en#page//10/55/54/105554424711396005331510418444763356510.jpg/mode/1up
Looks like it was this eclipse: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsearch/SEsearchmap.php?Ecl=17640401
The eclipse was annular, rather than total, meaning the moon was directly in line with the sun, but didn’t quite cover it all the way — a little bit of the sun peeked out around all sides of the moon.
Many thanks for the clarification, Aaron. Much appreciated.