Publication year: 2007
: 978-0-387-71669-5
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 Included in the book are discussions of non-European celestial maps and chapters on early American influences and celestial map-collecting.
: Humanities, Social Science and Law, Celestial Cartography, Cosmology, Star Maps explained, Universe, instruments