thumb|250px|Cellarius's illustration of [[Copernican heliocentrism, from the Harmonia Macrocosmica]]

Andreas Cellarius (–1665) was a Dutch–German cartographer and cosmographer best known for his 1660 Harmonia Macrocosmica, a major star atlas.

Life

Cellarius was born around 1596 in Neuhausen, near Worms. He was educated in Heidelberg. He remained rector in Hoorn for the rest of his life, and all of his known scholarly works were produced during his years there. Both works were published in Amsterdam by the Jansonius press.

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