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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 Photographs from actual antiquarian celestial atlases and prints, many previously unpublished, enrich the text, and a legend accompa...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Kanas, Nick (Auteur)
Collectivité auteur: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Praxis, 2007.
Édition:1st ed. 2007.
Collection:Popular Astronomy,
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Accès en ligne:Texto Completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.