The 1783 Great Meteor was a meteor procession observed on 18 August 1783, at a time when such phenomena were not well understood. It was visible for a thousand miles over northwestern Europe. It “ranks among the brightest and most spectacular of such objects ever recorded” and was responsible for some of the “first detailed and generally accurate representations of such a phenomenon” (Beech). Witnesses reported that the meteor lit up the whole sky, with a letter in the Evening Chronicle recounting that its “lustre almost equalled the sun”. The natural philosopher Tiberius Cavallo viewed the meteor with a group of friends from the terrace at Windsor Castle, later writing that “every object appeared very distinct; the whole face of the country being instantly illuminated” (Payne).
Literature: Martin Beech, The Great Meteor of 18th August 1783, Journal of the British Astronomical Association, volume 99, number 3 (1989); Richard J. Payne, Meteors and perceptions of environmental change in the annus mirabilis AD 1783-4, North West Geography volume 11, number 1, 2011.
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Source: Annals of the Association of American Geographers , Mar., 1979, Vol. 69, No. 1, Special Issue: Seventy-Five Years of American Geography (Mar., 1979), pp. 1-3.
Author: John C. Hudson
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Outlines of Modern Geography, on a new plan, Carefully adapted to Youth, with numerous engravings of cities, manners, costumes, and curiosities, Accompanied by an Atlas. By Rev. Charles A. Goodrich. Stereotyped by James Conner, New-York. Boston: Published by S.G. Goodrich. Sold by Richardson and Lord, No. 133, Washington-Street. 1827.
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Year Created: c.700 to 500 BCE
Country of Origin: Sippar, southern Iraq
Creator: Unknown Babylonian cartographer
Materials Used: Etched clay tablet
Area Depicted: Known world at the time to the Babylonians; centered on the Euphrates River
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Year Created: c.700 to 500 BCE
Country of Origin: Sippar, southern Iraq
Creator: Unknown Babylonian cartographer
Materials Used: Etched clay tablet
Area Depicted: Known world at the time to the Babylonians; centered on the Euphrates River
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