German physician, mathematician and astronomer (1582-1637)

Enchiridion sphæricum id est, systema cosmographicum, compendiosum : continens utriusque globi, cælestis & terrestris accuratam descriptionem, in gratiam qorum, qui ad solidam astronomiæ & geographiæ cognitionem aspirant : libris duobus adornatum / authore Johanne Gigante.

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Enchiridion sphæricum id est, systema cosmographicum, compendiosum : continens utriusque globi, cælestis & terrestris accuratam descriptionem, in gratiam qorum, qui ad solidam astronomiæ & geographiæ cognitionem aspirant : libris duobus adornatum / authore Johanne Gigante.