Star Maps History, Artistry, and Cartography /

• Main Author: Kanas, Nick (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Praxis, 2007.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

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 Photographs from actual antiquarian celestial atlases and prints, many previously unpublished, enrich the text, and a legend accompanies...

Table of Contents:

• 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.