Interior of the Octagon Room at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London Collection_Coronation From about the middle of

From about the middle of the seventeenth century

It has created one of the most beautiful images of the Moon I have ever seen

conceived as navigational gifts for the safety of all

which I estimated to be in this location

Please note the world map is a design and not intended to be a precise geographical representation of the world

Interior of the Octagon Room at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London Collection_Coronation From about the middle ofThree figures using astronomical equipment in the Great Star Room or the Octagon Room, as it is known today, at the Royal Observatory. To the left an observer is using a quadrant to carry out astronomical observations. While a seated figure, on the right, studies the sky through a telescope. Portraits of Charles II, whose support Sir Jonas Moore had crucially secured for the founding of an observatory at Greenwich, and James, Duke of York (later James