Plancius celestial globe
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The Plancius celestial globe is an early 17th-century star globe created by Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius, notable for depicting several newly introduced southern constellations.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plancius 1598 celestial globe | 2 |
| Petrus Plancius 1598 celestial globe | 1 |
| Plancius celestial globe canonical | 1 |
| Plancius celestial globe (1597–1598) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19019811 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plancius celestial globe Context triple: [Pavo, firstAppearedOn, Plancius celestial globe]
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A.
Behaim Globe
The Behaim Globe is the oldest surviving terrestrial globe, created around 1492 by German cartographer Martin Behaim and notable for depicting the world just before the discovery of the Americas.
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B.
Armillary sphere
The armillary sphere is a historical astronomical instrument composed of interlocking rings representing celestial circles, widely recognized as a symbol of navigation, exploration, and cosmological knowledge.
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C.
Farnese Atlas
The Farnese Atlas is an ancient Roman marble statue depicting the Titan Atlas bearing a celestial globe, notable for preserving one of the oldest known representations of the constellations.
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D.
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum is a 17th-century world atlas by Dutch cartographer Johannes Janssonius, renowned for its richly detailed maps and contribution to Golden Age cartography.
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E.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is a pioneering 16th-century world atlas by Abraham Ortelius, often regarded as the first modern atlas for systematically compiling uniform maps of the known world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plancius celestial globe Target entity description: The Plancius celestial globe is an early 17th-century star globe created by Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius, notable for depicting several newly introduced southern constellations.
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A.
Behaim Globe
The Behaim Globe is the oldest surviving terrestrial globe, created around 1492 by German cartographer Martin Behaim and notable for depicting the world just before the discovery of the Americas.
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B.
Armillary sphere
The armillary sphere is a historical astronomical instrument composed of interlocking rings representing celestial circles, widely recognized as a symbol of navigation, exploration, and cosmological knowledge.
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C.
Farnese Atlas
The Farnese Atlas is an ancient Roman marble statue depicting the Titan Atlas bearing a celestial globe, notable for preserving one of the oldest known representations of the constellations.
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D.
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum is a 17th-century world atlas by Dutch cartographer Johannes Janssonius, renowned for its richly detailed maps and contribution to Golden Age cartography.
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E.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is a pioneering 16th-century world atlas by Abraham Ortelius, often regarded as the first modern atlas for systematically compiling uniform maps of the known world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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