humanoidhistory:Stellar sketch from Sphaera Mundi, 1620, by Italian Jesuit astronomer Giuseppe Bianc
humanoidhistory:Stellar sketch from Sphaera Mundi, 1620, by Italian Jesuit astronomer Giuseppe Biancani: “Illustration locates stars by the antarctic circle. They are not shown as embedded in the sphere of the fixed stars. This early depiction of the constellation of the southern cross shows it unconfined.” (Linda Hall Library) -- source link