Illustrating the phaenomena : celestial cartography in antiquity and the Middle Ages /

In this volume all extant celestial maps and globes made before 1500 are described and analysed. It also discusses the astronomical sources involved in making these artefacts in antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Islamic world and the European Renaissance before 1500.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dekker, Elly (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Stars > Atlases > History > To 1500.
Stars > Atlases > Early works to 1800.
Astronomie > Atlas > Ouvrages avant 1800.
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
Stars.
Electronic books.
Scientific atlases.
Early works.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Preliminaries
  • 2. Celestial cartography in antiquity
  • 3. The descriptive tradition in the Middle Ages
  • 4. Islamic celestial cartography
  • 5. The mathematical tradition in medieval Europe.

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