Note 3 — WILLEM JANSZOON BLAEU
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See illustration, p. 30.
August 8, 1576, the corner-stone of the Castle of Uranienburg was laid with much ceremony, and the completion of the building was made possible through the generous contributions and patronage of Frederick II of Denmark. See, for a brief description, Wolf: Geschichte der Astronomie, München, 1877, p. 277; Picard, J. Voyage d’Uranibourg, ou observations astronomiques faites en Dannemarck. (Mem. de l’Acad. royale des sciences depuis 1666 jusque à 1699, tom. VII, p. 197); Blaeu: Atlas Major, vol. I, pp. 61-101. Twelve illustrations of the Island of Hveen, and of the observatory of Uranienburg, with brief description, may here be found. These illustrations, it appears, were taken from Brahe: Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. 1598.