Book Details

Star Maps : History, Artistry, and Cartography

Publication year: 2007

ISBN: 978-0-387-71669-5

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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.


Subject: Humanities, Social Science and Law, Celestial Cartography, Cosmology, Star Maps explained, Universe, instruments