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 Photographs from actual antiquarian celestial atlases and prints, many previously unpublished, enrich the text, and a legend accompanies...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Sprog: | Anglais |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York
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Cham : Springer Nature |
| Udgivelse: | 1st ed. 2007. |
| Serier: | Popular Astronomy
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| Online adgang: | Accès sur la plateforme de l'éditeur Accès sur la plateforme Istex Accès Université d'Orléans Accès INSA CVL |
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| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • Star maps, a history, artistry, and cartography, Nick Kanas, Berlin, Springer, 2007, 1 vol. (XXIX-382 p.), 978-0-387-71668-8 |
Indholdsfortegnelse:
- 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