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Star Maps History, Artistry, and Cartography /

This book traces the history of celestial cartography and relates this history to the changing ideas of man's place in the universe and to advances in map-making. Photographs from actual antiquarian celestial atlases and prints, many previously unpublished, enrich the text, and a legend accompa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kanas, Nick (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Praxis, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Popular Astronomy,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What is a star map?
  • Non-European cosmology and constellation development
  • European cosmology
  • European constellation development
  • Early European star maps
  • The "Big Four" of the Golden Age of pictorial star maps
  • Other important star maps of the Golden Age
  • Special topics
  • Mapping the stars in early America
  • The transition to non-pictorial star maps.