Nicolaus Copernicus by Jan Matejko

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Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by Jan Matejko
published on 23 October 2020
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A 19th century CE painting by Jan Matejko of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543 CE), the Polish astronomer who famously proposed that the Earth and other planets revolved around the Sun in a heliocentric system.

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Matejko, J. (2020, October 23). Nicolaus Copernicus by Jan Matejko. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13007/nicolaus-copernicus-by-jan-matejko/

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Matejko, Jan. "Nicolaus Copernicus by Jan Matejko." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 23, 2020. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13007/nicolaus-copernicus-by-jan-matejko/.

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Matejko, Jan. "Nicolaus Copernicus by Jan Matejko." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 23 Oct 2020. Web. 26 Jul 2024.

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