Leo, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis mb-code 1238412 pictured after Coronation

pictured after Coronation

From a window of the Church of St Bartholomew-the-Less

(Indian warriors)

Guns exploded and cartridges jammed

Allegorical image showing the figure of Providence seated

Leo, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis mb-code 1238412 pictured after CoronationThe constellation Leo (the lion). Map 5 from John Flamsteed's Atlas Coelestis, or star atlas (London, 1729). This was the first celestial atlas based on telescopic observations. Published posthumously, it was the work of the Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed FRS (1646 1719), and used the catalogue of 2935 stars in his 1725 Historia Coelestis Britannica. Original: engraving. 1729