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  title info:
    title: Star Maps
    sub title: History, Artistry, and Cartography
  name:
    name part: Kanas, Nick.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
    role:
      role term: aut
    role:
      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2019
    edition: 3rd ed. 2019.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXXVI, 563 p. 226 illus., 145 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: Explore the beauty and awe of the heavens through the rich celestial prints and star atlases offered in this third edition book. The author traces the development of celestial cartography from ancient to modern times, describes the relationships between different star maps and atlases, and relates these notions to our changing ideas about humanity's place in the universe. Also covered in this book are more contemporary cosmological ideas, constellation representations, and cartographic advances. The text is enriched with 226 images (141 in color) from actual, antiquarian celestial books and atlases, each one with an explanation of unique astronomical and cartographic features. This never-before-available hardcover edition includes two new chapters on pictorial style maps and celestial images in art, as well over 50 new images. Additionally, the color plates are now incorporated directly into the text, providing readers with a vibrant, immersive look into the history of star maps.
  table of contents: Preface to Third Edition -- Foreword to First Edition -- Preface to First Edition -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of abbreviations and acronyms -- Chapter 1: What is a star map? -- Chapter 2: Non-European cosmology and constellation development -- Chapter 3: European cosmology -- Chapter 4: European constellation development -- Chapter 5: Early European star maps -- Chapter 6: The "Big Four" of the Golden Age of imaged star maps -- Chapter 7: Other important star maps of the Golden Age -- Chapter 8: Special topics -- Chapter 9: Mapping the stars in early America -- Chapter 10: The transition to non-imaged star maps -- Chapter 11: Terrestrial and celestial pictorial maps -- Chapter 12: Celestial images in artistic paintings -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Collecting celestial maps and prints -- Appendix B: Supplementary reference catalog -- Appendix C: Indices of major constellation atlases -- Appendix D: The British Library "Kings's" edition -- Appendix E: Glossary -- Index.
  note: by Nick Kanas.
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy
  subject:
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Geographical information systems
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Popular Science in Astronomy
  subject:
    topic: History of Science
  subject:
    topic: Geographical Information Systems/Cartography
  subject:
    topic: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
  classification: QB1-991
  classification: 520
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Popular Astronomy
  identifier: 9783030136130
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13613-0
  record info:
    record creation date: 190820
    record change date: 20191028042015.0
    record identifier: 978-3-030-13613-0